No Limits to Israeli Madness and U.S. Backing

By Dr. Abdul Qader Faris

From Gaza to Lebanon, from Syria to Iran, from Doha to Tunisia and Sana’a!!
Within 24 hours Israel struck in three Arab capitals, thousands of kilometres from its borders: in Doha under the pretext of assassinating Hamas leaders; in Tunisia to halt the movement of a global solidarity flotilla to Gaza; and in Sana’a in response to Houthi rockets and drones that reached Ramon Airport. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces continue their campaign against high-rise buildings and the effective erasure of Gaza City, as they did in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Rafah and Khan Younis, amid evacuation warnings for the last and largest cities in the Strip. Every day there are hundreds killed, wounded and missing under the rubble of destroyed homes, while settlers rampage in the West Bank amid demands by far‑right religious Zionist ministers to annex the West Bank in order to derail the two‑state solution, which had begun to gain international support. Israel fears its upcoming conference in New York in two weeks. All of this is carried out with American cover and support, even to the point of striking one of its closest allies and friends, Qatar. The UN Security Council meets today and is expected to present a draft resolution condemning the attack on Doha; so far the text is expected to have the support of 14 members. Will Washington pass the resolution, vote in favour or abstain, and change its position to rein in Israeli actions, or will it continue to defy the rest of the world? Are we headed toward a transformation of the Middle East as Netanyahu claims, or are we facing an attempt to drag the region into a wider war in which Egypt would be the target after relations with the occupation government soured? The region is indeed approaching a major shift, but this time it will not be in Israel’s favour, despite the slaughter in Gaza and the enemy’s destruction and alteration of Gaza’s landscape — the besieged and devastated territory for nearly two years since the events of October 7, which Israel, the United States and many Western and Arab states cite as the cause and pretext for the Israeli reaction and rampage that has resulted in the destruction of the Gaza Strip and an unprecedented toll that has so far claimed a quarter of a million Palestinian victims, including the killed, wounded, injured, disabled and detained. We face a difficult and complex scene, and the coming days foreshadow even harsher developments.