Will Israel Continue to Attack Iran until the International Community Approves the Eradication of Palestine?

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 23 Jun 2025

Sakai Tanaka - TRANSCEND Media Service

16 June 2025 – Israel continues to attack Iran. The attacks that began on 13 June were initially limited to pinpoint-attacks on the homes of Iranian military officials, but gradually began to target the oil and gas infrastructure and the Iranian government buildings. The Israeli attacks continue every day as the targets of the attacks expand. Iran is also attacking Israel in retaliation, but this is the retaliation to maintain the Israeli national prestige, and the essence of this military offensive is “Israel’s attack on Iran.” If Israel stops attacking, Iran will also stop its counter-attack on Israel.  However, even if Iran stops attacking on Iran, Israel will not stop attacking Iran.  （Israel strikes building belonging to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, says deputy foreign minister）

2. The two wars between Israel and Iran that have broken out since last year have died down after Israel started the fire and both sides exchanged long-range attacks on each other. At first, I thought that this would happen again. But this time it may be different. Israel is increasingly likely to attack Iran every day while expanding its scope. If so, what is its purpose? Is it to destroy Iran as a nation? My view about this issue is different. Israel will continue to attack Iran while expanding, and will be mediated by the world, including the US, China, Russia, and the Arab world. In the negotiations, Israel will appeal to the international community, “You should approve the eradication of the State of Palestine! Or we will continue to attack Iran until you will approve it!” （Israeli strike on oil depot in Tehran suburb ignites huge blaze）
3. If the international community does not want Iran to be destroyed, it should give up on the Palestinian state, and should abandon the Palestinians. Such the Israeli demands are completely “unjust.” They are the methods of terrorists and kidnappers. They are “unforgivable” at all. However, if the international community decides to ignore Israel’s demands because they are unjust, Israel will attack Iran until Iran will be completely destroyed. And by the time it is over, many Gaza citizens will starve to death, and the West Bank citizens will be expelled to Jordan or killed. Whether the international community acknowledges it or not, Palestine will surely be erased. （Large Numbers In Congress Back Israel’s Attack On Iran） [Trump’s new Gaza plan: Forcibly expelling Palestinians to Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland]    [Trump Considers Morocco, Somaliland, Puntland to Relocate Gazans: Report]   [Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya]
4. The international community, including the US, Russia, China, and the Arab world, has verbally criticized Israel’s plan to eliminate Palestine, but has actually accepted it. Israel has been demanding that “If you, the international community, don’t want Iran to be destroyed, you should tolerate the destruction of Palestine. Stop even verbally criticizing Israel and stay quiet. Saudi Arabia should sign the Abraham Accords to establish diplomatic relations with Israel,” and will continue to attack Iran.  Israel has been holding repeated phone conversations with Trump and Putin. If this scenario were true, Israel should have already conveyed this request to the US and Russia. （Putin holds phone conversations with Israeli PM and Iranian president ）
5. The US and Europe have viewed Iran as their common enemy. Isn’t it okay for Iran to be destroyed? In fact, that’s not the case. The US and Europe have viewed Iran as an enemy because the US and European political circles have been pressured by Israel, and it is not a strategy of the US and Europe themselves. If Iran, a major power, is destroyed, the entire Middle East will become unstable. Nobody wants that (probably not even Israel). [Eventually] Iran itself would probably like to surrender unconditionally, telling, “We will accept Israel’s eradication of Palestine, so please don’t destroy our country.” Iran would likely want the US, Russia, and especially Putin to mediate, and Israel to stop its attacks on the condition that it tacitly accepts the eradication of Palestine. Iran has already accepted that Hezbollah and Assad (Syria), which were under its control, will be destroyed by Israel. From Israel’s perspective, it’s “just one step away.”（Battered Hezbollah Says It Will Stay Out Of Iran-Israel Fight）（Putin holds phone conversations with Israeli PM and Iranian president ） [America’s spies say Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment]   [“The U.S. Intelligence Community continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon..”]      [No evidence Iran is actively pursuing nuclear weapons: IAEA chief ]        [Iran rejects Trump’s demand for surrender as US weighs military options]      [Trump to Iran: ‘Surrender’]
6. If the world succumbs to Israel’s threats and Palestine is wiped out, what will happen to the citizens of Gaza? Will they all starve to death? Before that, there is talk of relocating the citizens of Gaza to Somaliland. See the following article, a part of the paid article that was distributed yesterday [i.e. 15 June 2025]. →（戦争し放題のイスラエル/Israel is free to wage war) [Note: No paid article of Sakai Tanaka can be read in this series of the English translation version. The English translations of Tanaka’s articles, published on the TMS website, have been translated only from the “subscription-fee free articles” of his.]    [US, Israel want to displace Palestinians from Gaza to East Africa: Report]     [U.S., Israel interested in Sudan, Somalia and Syria for resettlement of Gazans, sources say]    [Why is Israel interested in relations with Somaliland?]     [Somaliland’s 30-year quest for recognition]    [Somaliland makes recognition a condition for Palestine talks]      [In Exchange for Recognition: What Is U.S.-Israeli Interest in Somaliland and How Is the UAE Involved?]    [UAE Brokers U.S. Recognition of Somaliland for Israeli Military Base Against Houthi Threats]    [Somaliland Map]
7. Trump has recently been trying to establish diplomatic relations with Somaliland, which separated from Somalia in the Horn of Africa. The US military is bombing Puntland, which is in conflict with Somaliland, under the pretext of “wiping out ISIS”. Somaliland was named as a possible land site for the forced relocation of the Gaza citizens. It seems that the Somaliland government previously refused to accept the Gazan citizens because it did not want to cooperate in the wipeout of Palestine, but it may have recently changed its attitude. （US Launches Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland Region） [Discontent in Somaliland over Trump’s Gaza displacement plan] [Where does Trump plan to relocate Gazans as the US rebuilds the Strip?]    [AP report: U.S. and Israel look to Africa for permanent relocation of Palestinians from Gaza]    [US and Israel float Palestinians being moved to African countries]      [Israel considers sending Gazans to Puntland]    [Trump ‘making plan to move a million Palestinians to Africa’]
8. Somaliland may be stating that it is willing to accept Gaza citizens if the US establishes diplomatic relations and the US military drives Puntland’s enemy forces out of the conflict area. Since there is little information, this story is only speculation. It is doubtful whether the relocation will be realized before many Gaza citizens starve to death. [Somaliland Open To Taking In Gazans—But Only If It’s Recognized As A Nation]    [Somaliland and Puntland: The Exotic New Lands of Opportunity for Gazan Residents]     [Israel and US said in contact with Sudan, Somalia about resettling Gazans]    [Where is Puntland?]
9. However, if the Gazan citizens relocate to Somaliland and the Gaza War ends, Saudi Arabia will stop clinging to a Palestinian state, normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, complete the Abraham Accords. Then, Iran and Israel could coexist, increasing the possibility that the Middle East could enter a new era of the world order of “multipolarity”.   [Somaliland’s Diplomatic Gamble: Recognition, Risk, and the Palestinian Question]

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Original author: After graduating from university, Sakai Tanaka started working at the Kyodo News  Agency in 1986. From 1997 he joined Microsoft Network (MSN) and in 1999, due to change of policy at Microsoft, he became an independent journalist. Tanaka has published more than twenty books on international affairs, some translated and published in China, South Korea and Taiwan. He studied at Harvard University from 2000 to 2001 and in 2005 was invited to serve as a senior researcher at the Royal Faisal Institute in Saudi Arabia. Website: tanakanews.com

Satoshi Ashikaga is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment. Having worked as researcher, development program/project officer, legal protection/humanitarian assistance officer, human rights monitor-negotiator, managing-editor, and more, he prefers a peaceful and prudent life.  His previous work experiences, including those in war zones and war-torn zones, constantly remind him of the invaluableness of peace.

Translation: Satoshi Ashikaga – Google Translate

Original in Japanese: イスラエルはパレスチナ抹消を世界が認めるまでイラン攻撃する？

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