It would almost be funny, if it weren’t soaked in blood.

In the middle of an unprecedented bombing campaign on Gaza that has already killed over 50,000 Palestinians, many of them children, Israel is now reportedly planning a limited strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to Reuters, Israeli officials are exploring smaller-scale operations that could be executed without direct U.S. support. Because apparently, committing one war crime at a time just isn’t enough.

This isn’t strategy. It’s pathology.

A War With No End, And Another on the Horizon

Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza has decimated hospitals, wiped out entire families, and triggered global condemnation, but not meaningful consequence. The U.S. continues to arm it. Europe remains diplomatically entangled. And while the images of dead children circulate, Israeli leadership is already looking east, toward Tehran.

Netanyahu’s reasoning is clear: with regional outrage focused on Gaza, now is the time to strike elsewhere. The logic is as cold as it is familiar—create perpetual war, and use it to justify the last one.

The plans for Iran are framed as pre-emptive self-defense. But let’s be clear: there is no existential threat from Iran that justifies escalation. What there is, however, is an opportunity to deepen regional chaos and further militarize Israeli identity. Iran, for its part, has responded with warnings that an Israeli attack would be met with severe retaliation. But this isn’t deterrence, it’s provocation.

Zionism’s Logic of Perpetual Fear

The Israeli state is built on a paradox: it must be strong enough to dominate, but weak enough to play the eternal victim. This duality justifies everything from the occupation of Palestinian land to the targeted assassination of scientists in foreign countries. Now it threatens to drag the entire region into war.

What we’re witnessing isn’t defense. It’s the logic of Zionism laid bare: history as a weapon, victimhood as a brand, and aggression as a right.

Israel cannot stop bombing Gaza. It cannot stop threatening Iran. Because if it did, it would have to confront its own legitimacy, its own history, and the lies it has built upon. So instead, it multiplies enemies. It needs them.

The Nuclear Distraction

Iran’s nuclear program has long been a boogeyman in Israeli foreign policy. But experts agree: a strike would at best delay the program by a few years, and at worst, accelerate Iran’s nuclear ambitions by giving it justification to exit agreements and ramp up enrichment.

So why do it?

Because for Netanyahu, the goal isn’t security. It’s survival, his own. He faces mounting corruption charges, internal dissent, and international scrutiny. There is no better distraction than a new war, especially one dressed in the costume of existential necessity.

But the world cannot afford to be fooled again. Iraq was supposed to have weapons of mass destruction. Gaza was supposed to be a threat to Israel’s very existence. The costs of these lies are always paid in blood. And Iran is next on the altar.

International Silence as Green Light

The reason Israel feels empowered to plot a strike on Iran while actively committing war crimes in Gaza is simple: impunity. The West has shown, time and again, that there is no line Israel cannot cross.

The Trump regime may claim reluctance, but its red lines are drawn in disappearing ink. The EU speaks of peace, while continuing to trade. And global institutions, from the UN to the ICC, issue statements that never translate into action.

Israel hears all this for what it is: permission.

A Call to Refuse

If Israel proceeds with a strike on Iran, it will not be a surprise. It will be the latest chapter in a decades-long playbook of aggression, denial, and deflection. But it doesn’t have to go unchallenged.

We must say clearly: the problem is not Iran. The problem is not Gaza. The problem is not even Netanyahu. The problem is a state ideology built on supremacy, backed by global cowardice, and normalized by decades of silence.

If the world cannot stop Israel from bombing children in Gaza, then at the very least, it must stop it from starting another war.

Because when a state commits atrocities without consequence, it doesn’t stop. It expands.

And Iran may be next.