If you have a visa from the Islamic Republic of Iran, think about renewing your passport. According to Washington, it is premature to "hold responsibility" for Tehran's attack on Israel. Yeah, but... who benefits from this war? In Iran.
The Middle East is the casino of nations, where everyone bets. Boring days are few and far between, although some episodes are repeated: the Ayatollahs brought the United States to its knees between 1979 and 1981 with the kidnapping of its embassy staff and now Hamas - sponsored by Iran - is trying to the same with the hundreds of kidnapped Israelis, a large pulse.
The "Palestinian cause" had come to a better life as far as the international community was concerned. The Palestinian National Authority even saw international financial assistance, a kind of obligatory and routine almsgiving for the "good" Palestinians of the West Bank, in jeopardy. The last US president who wanted to "brand" a diplomatic solution was Bill Clinton, at Camp David, with Barak and Arafat. Summer of 2000. After that, not at all ambitious.
The fate of the Palestinians has been left in the 21st century in the hands of their more or less friendly neighbors (Arabs, Turks and Persians). Of these, Saudi Arabia was about to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, in accordance with the Abraham Accords (2020), by which the United Arab Emirates and Morocco have recognized Israel. In other words, with Riyadh on board, a lasting Arab-Israeli peace could be glimpsed, regardless of the fate of the Palestinians.
Who was the target of the emerging alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia? Iran. What does Tehran usually do since the hostage taking in 1979 – diplomatic staff, untouchables!– until today? To play their cards, with all the cynicism and ambition in the world - see nuclear program - and assert themselves against so many regional and global powers that aspire to subvert the Tehran regime, a very well-established dictatorship (normal, the maximum leader, the Supreme Guide, is appointed by God, they say).
Hamas puts terror, cannon fodder and despair. Israel, the revenge. Tehran, the script...
