By Iqbal Jassat
He wrote that Netanyahu would have been fired in any other place within days after the events of October 7. And that after striking Iran, he is "an even greater risk than before".
Despite the sweeping censorship imposed on Israeli media and settlers from reporting and broadcasting the devastating losses inflicted by Iran on the settler colonial regime, it is now open sesame as analysts and journalists get to grips with Netanyahu’s fatal miscalculations.
Many of the debates are heated and harshly critical of Netanyahu, his rightwing hawks, as well as the opposition, who are blamed for being caught in a trap for supporting the unprovoked war on Iran, which proved counter-productive.
A common refrain that appears to dominate public discourse is succinctly captured in an article headed: "Netanyahu Has Even Warped His Opponents' Grasp of Reality When It Comes to the Israel-Iran War".
Described as possessing a "deranged personal mission", Netanyahu is also accused of having an "almost Messianic state of mind", thus posing a danger to Israel.
The reality of Israel’s humiliating defeat and failure to attain any of Netanyahu's military and political goals is starkly evident in the unprecedented retaliation by Iran.
Those graphic visuals by Israeli journalists now confirm that key targets have been reduced to rubble, strategic infrastructure bombed to smithereens, and entire neighborhoods gone, confirming that Netanyahu’s gamble backfired.
An interesting yet revealing report brings to the surface the fact that rescue teams are facing what they describe as "apocalyptic sights" caused by Iran's new-generation missiles.
A disaster that's left the regime reeling in anger, frustration, and despair.
So intense has been Israel's failure to claim success, on the 10th day of the war dubbed ‘Operation Rising Lion’ to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities and impose so-called regime change, that Netanyahu was desperately seeking an exit route.
Concurrently, Zionist hasbara was at full steam, claiming that removing Iran's missiles was "a few days away".
Yet, as reported in many mainstream media outlets, Netanyahu was anxious about the disastrous turn of events in the determined resolve by Iran to fight back, and ready to call off his unprovoked military aggression.
Suddenly, amnesia took over with a huge distance between what he sought and what he settled for.
“We are happy to wrap it up now; if there’s an agreement at the end, Israel will be content with the result", an official was quoted as saying by the Times of Israel newspaper.
By all accounts, the Islamic Republic of Iran emerged victorious as it demonstrated power, resilience, and the ability to stand up to a genocidal regime.
Amidst the rhetoric of bravado and chest-thumping by both Donald Trump and the Zionist regime's war criminal Netanyahu, it is quite sobering to note Iran's principled rationale.
At a press conference convened in Istanbul for a global audience and covered by most mainstream media outlets, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, calmly and eloquently distinguished himself as he outlined his country's stance following America's unprovoked bombing attacks.
"Everyone must understand that we pursued diplomacy, but the United States and the Zionist regime launched aggressive attacks on Iran", he said.
Araghchi reminded the world that the United States has proven it holds no respect for the UN Charter and does not abide by international law.
He emphasized that the international community must address the threat to the UN Charter, stating that it was the United States that had previously reneged on the nuclear agreement.
"The Security Council must shoulder its responsibilities and prevent such threats against Iran. We will defend our sovereignty and our people."
Israel's dismal military failure despite manipulating Trump to unleash a bombing campaign was a stark reminder that two nuclear-armed powers attacked a non-nuclear state in violation of all civilised values, but more importantly, without success.
Though Netanyahu has failed in his war goals, he has succeeded in bolstering his own shameful persona as a war-monger and that of the Zionist regime as a colonial pariah deserving boycott, isolation and demise.
Iran, on the other hand, has been vindicated and emerged as a powerful ally of the oppressed people, especially Palestinians, who have been subject to horrendous slaughter.
As one insightful analyst commented, this round of Israel-American aggression against Iran has triggered global reactions that show this to be yet another battle between Western imperial/colonial powers and those in West Asia and the Global South that resist this centuries-old onslaught of control, subjugation, and mayhem.
Iqbal Jassat is an executive member of the Media Review Network, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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