How was Iran a lifeline for Israel? By Yasin Aktay
“No sense of frustration or disappointment” — that’s how most of us felt as we observed the outcomes of Iran’s retaliation against Israel following the latter's bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, resulting in the deaths of several of its top generals. Our hope remained unbroken, serving as a stark reflection of the tragic circumstances we find ourselves in. Despite the unprecedented brutality exercised by Israel on the Gaza Strip for the past seven months, which amounts to genuine genocide, the world still awaits a sincere intervention to stop these massacres, without any force taking serious steps in this direction. The tragedy lies in the fact that Israel itself shows a strong desire for an Iranian intervention, especially through military strikes. This is because the United States and Europe, which provide Israel with unlimited support even in its crimes against humanity, have begun to reduce their support for Israel in its aggression against Gaza, not because o...