An all-out war could entangle countries around the world and threaten the global economy.
As the number of adversaries that Israel is fighting has piled up over the past year — Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon — the most worrisome prospect has been the potential for a war with Iran.
The two nations, which do not share a border, have long been waging conflicts by proxy, subterfuge and sabotage. Each of the militant groups Israel is concurrently fighting is backed by Iran. The indirectness was always by design: Despite being regional rivals, each wanted to avoid what was sure to be a costly, existential direct confrontation.
Now, with Israel planning a retaliatory attack after Iran’s ballistic missile barrage of unprecedented scale and scope on Oct. 1, a war seems more likely, alarming the international community and countries in the region.
Here is why a war is so concerning.
This April, Iran’s attack involving more than 300 drones and missiles, in retaliation for Israel’s killing of seven Iranian officials in Syria, shattered that supposition. That surprised Israel, which had miscalculated the severity of Iran’s response, according to U.S. officials. Israel’s measured response at the time appeared to bring the tit for tat to a conclusion well short of war.
That was a surprise to read. In what world did Israel expect Iran not to retaliate the way they did? Did they really expect Iran to lay down and take whatever Israel dished out? This seems incredibly naive.
The only reason Bibi hasn’t been voted out of office is he’s refusing to let an election be held due to “attacks”.
So he has to keep Israel in a perpetual conflict or he loses power.
There’s nothing he can do to win over enough Israeli voters that he’d be comfortable enough to let an election be held.
