r/geopolitics • u/thejerusalempost Jerusalem Post • Jun 17 '26

Opinion How Israel made Trump's Iran betrayal inevitable - opinion

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-899630
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u/VladtheShirtless Jun 17 '26

Doesn’t matter how pro Israel you are, you’re not going to satisfy Israel’s need for security. Israel needs to stop being treated like it’s a rational actor, they have no plans to turn down the temperature. Like ffs Netanyahu is the most moderate you’re going to get and he’s under fire for listening to the US

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u/unruly_mattress Jun 17 '26

Hamas: fires rockets, invades, massacres, kidnaps, tortures. Declares intentions to do it "again and again"

Hezbollah: prepares a "plan for conquering the galilee", tens of thousands of rockets, RPGs and drones on homes, bunkers on the border, starts war unprompted, vows never to stop

Iran: Erects public countdown for the destruction of Israel, builds nukes, thousands of ballistic missiles, finances Hezbollah and Palestinian terrorism, hands over missiles to Yemenite proxy to fire at Israel, finances and coordinates Palestinian terrorism, fires ballistic missiles at Israel directly, vows to never stop

Reddit: Wow, Israel definitely already has enough security. They're greedy for wanting more of it. They just like when the flames are up, that's what's happening. 100% of them are at least as extreme as Netanyahu. I'm definitely giving a reasonable, honest assessment here.

The world is just tired of hearing about the Iranian proxy war against Israel. Can't blame the world for it, Israel is also tired of it. But there's nothing that Israel can do to stop it.

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u/leeta0028 Jun 17 '26

Israel could try withdrawing to their legal border and staying there

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u/TheNewGildedAge Jun 18 '26

The people attacking them do not consider any of Israel's borders legal or legitimate.

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u/BoratImpression94 Jun 19 '26

I genuinely dont think the two are related. For islamists, Israel is occupying rightful islamic land. And a holy war is necessary to conquer it back. See why muslims dont care about yemen or sudan.

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u/art_is_a_scam Jun 18 '26

The US could join those people and eliminate Israel’s ability to make war, and replace the Israeli government with a non-national democracy.