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Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East that would have incalculable consequences for the region and the world, Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has claimed, in his first interview since Tehran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel at the weekend.

Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Matin also warned that if Israel made “another mistake” by launching an attack on Iran, there would be a response from Iran that was stronger, more severe, and administered without a warning like that issued before the weekend attack.

The salvo of more than 300 drones and missiles – almost all of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies or fell short of their targets – came in retaliation for a 1 April airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that killed several Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards officers. Israel’s top general, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, has said the country would respond, but it remains unclear what form that would take.

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[+] [email protected] -9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Let's be clear here, they both would love to do so.

So yeah, they are "both sides" on that count.

They are both authoritarian theocracies too.

One is conducting genocide.

Anyway, you.dont need to defend Iran or denounce Israel. We can agree both are terrible, but one is actively worse right now.

The point was about chained escalation, and the actions Israel might take now, given the whole drone situation. I make zero comment on the rationality of how they got here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is no chained escalation. Israel started this by bombing their embassy and killing a top General. A blatant act of war.

Iran's response is showing extreme restraint and the only death toll seems to be a single Palestinian girl that got hit by debris from an interception. Which is very unfortunate but clearly not intentional.

Israel is the only party on the escalation ladder here. What Iran did was the opposite.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

There's how we got here, which I acknowledged is majority Israels fault, and there's what happens right next.

Israel will make a move, and we were discussing what that will be.

Folks here are hung up on "Israel bad!" Which we both are saying. Folks here are incapable of thinking hypothetically about the future.

That future guaranteed includes a response to the drone attack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well the problem here is pretending that if Iran did not retaliate then israel would stop. As we can see in the Lebensraum expansion israel is currently committing in the West Bank, israel never stops if people don't fight back.

The escalation ladder is a one man show called israel. Even if Iran did nothing back this time israel would still escalate. Israel would start bombing more consulates and assassinate more Iranian top Generals.