Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran alone?

Experts question Netanyahu’s strategy, labelling US war on Iran a strategic failure with global economic impacts. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – facing a crucial election later this year – has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran, even as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz. “We heard today the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ahmad Vahidi, declare that Iran intends to continue developing a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu claimed in an assertion, even though no official statement from Vahidi on the matter has been released by the Iranian government or official media. Still, Netanyahu saw the opportunity to once again frame Iran’s nuclear threat as existential. “As Israel’s prime minister, I am determined to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu told attendees at a state ceremony in West Jerusalem. Almost at any price. Netanyahu had a hell of a role in how this war started.

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