Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-term vision for the Middle East is rooted in establishing Israel as the region’s uncontested hegemon, by neutralising what he calls existential threats — primarily Iran — and reengineering the geopolitical order to ensure Israel’s security and military supremacy.
At the core of Netanyahu’s worldview lies the belief that Israel must seize all land, consolidate its dominance, and secure “the Jewish homeland” for generations to come. He openly prioritises the survival of “the project” (i.e., Zionism) over individual well-being. To that end, he is willing to take the “hardest options”, including war, under the belief that Israel can reshape the regional reality through force.
For decades, Iran has topped Netanyahu’s threat list. He views ongoing strikes against Iranian nuclear infrastructure as the culmination of his lifelong ambition to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He believes that by weakening Iran’s regional allies — from Hezbollah to Palestinian resistance factions — Israel will eliminate the “loaded gun pointed at its head,” making strikes on Iran more feasible and less risky.
Reframing the Palestinian Issue: From Displacement to Erasure
Netanyahu classifies Palestinian resistance movements as terrorist entities and rejects the idea that Israel is an occupying power. His strategy toward Palestine is “outside-in” — tackling the issue through external imposition, not through negotiation with Palestinians.
He is even prepared to pressure or act against neighbouring countries like Egypt and Jordan to force a resolution that excludes Palestinian sovereignty altogether. He has made it clear that Palestinians will be granted “nothing”.
A defining element of his political legacy is the attempt to dismantle what he sees as the last obstacle to Israel’s total integration in the region: the Palestinian cause. Netanyahu’s strategy seeks to liquidate the issue at the expense of Egypt and Jordan, bypassing both diplomacy and the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Trump’s Vision: No State, No People
The Trump administration’s regional plan echoed this logic. It treated Arab nations — particularly Egypt — as land banks, where Palestinians could be resettled. In this framework, Palestinians are not recognised as a national identity, and the solution lies not in statehood, but in regional absorption.
Accordingly, U.S. diplomacy under Trump focused on normalising ties with Arab states, rather than recognising Palestinians as a people deserving sovereignty. Netanyahu’s strategy fits into this broader vision — one of complete Israeli regional control, built through military force, diplomatic normalisation, and population displacement.
Weaponising Regional Conflict to Enforce Hegemony
Netanyahu seeks to exploit the region’s ongoing crises to coerce other powers into accepting Israeli primacy. He envisions a Middle East where Israel is the pivot of a new Western order, serving as a strategic enforcer for long-term American interests.
In this vision, Israel becomes part of the “New West” — a coalition aligned with U.S. interests, extending beyond traditional Euro-American power centres. This shift necessitates the weakening of regional resistance movements and the subordination of Arab political agency.
Strategic Shock and Political Opportunity
Netanyahu’s doctrine rests on a principle of “shock and opportunity,” where regional instability is weaponised to expand Israeli influence.
He has historically preferred to project Israel as an uncompromising force, abandoning peace overtures that threaten his long-term goals. His approach embraces new rules of engagement, including internal destabilisation campaigns, elite targeting, and subversive political warfare.
This strategy extends to dismantling what he calls the “Eastern Axis” — Iran, Syria, Iraq — and redrawing power structures across the region, particularly in Egypt and Iran. He envisions the current Iran-Israel conflict as the opening of a greater East–West confrontation, pressuring Russia and China to either align or face consequences.
The endgame: a Middle East where Israel is untethered, unchallenged, and free to dictate its will.
Undermining Traditional Arab Leadership
Israel’s regional restructuring — supported by the United States — seeks to marginalise historic Arab leadership roles, particularly those of Egypt and Jordan, and build a new regional system anchored in Israeli power.
Post–World War II American strategy has consistently attempted to bypass traditional Arab power centres, pushing for integration under Western influence. With the Gaza war altering threat perceptions, Gulf states no longer view Iran as their top concern. Instead, Israel is increasingly seen as a dominant regional force.
Gulf regimes now prefer diplomatic channels with Iran over military escalation, driven by economic anxieties and fears of uncontainable war. Ironically, Iran — despite internal challenges — has become a key intermediary in indirect U.S. negotiations, especially over its nuclear program.
A New Israeli-Led Order: With or Without Consent
Netanyahu’s doctrine assumes that once Iran is neutralised, regional powers will have no choice but to accept a new order led by Israel.
In this scenario, the Middle East becomes deeply enmeshed in Western strategy, with Israel as its most “trusted” partner. Netanyahu’s legacy rests on halting Iran’s nuclear rise, securing Israel’s military supremacy, and eliminating all regional competition.
From the Israeli perspective, Palestinians receive nothing — no state, no sovereignty, no right of return. The traditional Arab consensus on Palestine is rejected outright.
Instability as a Strategic Weapon
The region is now facing unprecedented volatility. Netanyahu’s vision increases the likelihood of regional collapse, with spiralling conflict, weapons proliferation, and the re-evaluation of old alliances.
The long-term Iran-Israel war is already fueling economic disasters, disrupting trade routes, and driving up oil prices. Arab regimes are under pressure, facing mass protests, growing dissent, and worsening financial crises.
While the war may appear focused on Iranian nuclear assets, its true aim is geopolitical reordering — placing Israel at the top and reducing Arab states to secondary roles.
A Manufactured Crisis, A Western Proxy War
This is not a defensive campaign. It is a blueprint for domination, cloaked in the language of security and counterterrorism. The outcome is not just war in Iran — it is the permanent dismantling of the Palestinian cause, the collapse of Arab independence, and the normalisation of Israeli expansionism as a regional inevitability.
In the end, this war will not be measured only by territory gained or lives lost, but by how deeply it reshapes the political will of nations and the freedom of peoples long denied their voice.
This work demands time, pressure, and sacrifice.
But we do it—for the Ummah, and for the truth.
If you believe in this mission, stand with us.
