“We are still reeling from the unresolved conflict between India and Pakistan, lingering under a fragile ceasefire, when yet another war has erupted in my neighborhood—this time in Iran. The horrors unfold before us: drones and missiles streaking across the sky, mutilated bodies, children and women fleeing for their lives, flames devouring homes, and buildings reduced to rubble. The entire region is ablaze.
I do not know the ultimate objective of this war, but news reports suggest attacks on nuclear sites. Senior Iranian leaders have been assassinated, and Iran has retaliated by launching hundreds of missiles at Tel Aviv. This situation exposes the grotesque double standards of international relations: some nations are permitted to stockpile advanced weaponry while others are forcibly disarmed. The same powers that developed atomic bombs face no scrutiny, yet newer nations are denied this capability under the guise of “non-proliferation.” This is not justice—it is a paradox masquerading as logic, a contradiction dressed in the language of equality.
What we are witnessing is a real-life war movie, where the sky burns and humans perish like defenseless birds. Tragically, this suffering also becomes fodder for sensationalist YouTubers in the subcontinent, who profit from fear-mongering content, chaining viewers to their screens with clickbait narratives.
This endless cycle of conflict signals the collapse of democracy, human rights, and the very foundations of the UN and its Security Council. These institutions, paralyzed by their unwillingness to challenge powerful oppressors like Israel, inch closer to irrelevance. How many more nations will be dragged into this cauldron of war? How many more lives will be consumed by hatred?
Since the US emerged as the sole superpower after the USSR’s collapse, Muslim-majority nations have repeatedly been bombed, invaded, and destabilized under shifting pretexts. Many of these countries once allied with the US against communism—proof that today’s friends are tomorrow’s targets.
Israel’s Unchecked Aggression: A Deeper Probe
Now, we must confront the central question: Why does Israel continue its relentless campaign against Muslims, far beyond Palestine? If Israel has failed to dismantle Palestinian resistance—or even Hamas (perhaps because it needs Hamas as a pretext to justify the eradication of Palestinians)—how can it possibly annihilate entire populations like Iranians, Iraqis, or Syrians? Netanyahu embodies a nihilistic mentality, seemingly intent on destroying everything, including Israel itself. Whether he succeeds remains to be seen.
What drives the “Netanyahu mentality”? It thrives on perpetuating fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. But does this strategy truly secure Israel’s future, or does it doom a state born from exile and trauma to eternal warfare? We have to see the consequences. His goals to achieve are not genuine. There is a difference between genuine goals and fictitious goals as there is a difference between false and truth. All genuine goals have one thing in common. They express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the growth and prosperity of humanity. We know what is poisonous for life and those are not genuine goals such as poverty, genocide, cleansing of humanity, etc.
Historical and Psychological Roots
Israel’s modern establishment followed millennia without Jewish sovereignty. The last Jewish kingdom fell in 723 BCE under Assyrian conquest. Its rebirth a century ago was a historical anomaly.
Erich Fromm observed that every culture grapples with the awareness of death differently:
Muslims integrate death into faith as divine decree, viewing it as a transition shaped by earthly deeds.
Ancient Greeks celebrated life, imagining death as a shadowy half-existence.
Egyptians clung to bodily preservation, believing power transcended death.
Jews reconciled with mortality through visions of future justice.
Christians softened death’s sting with promises of an afterlife.
Yet modernity denies death, seeking immunity through technology—”Iron Domes,” drones, and missile shields. But fear persists, an unwelcome ghost in the machine.
Hobbes’ Warning: The Trap of Perpetual War
Thomas Hobbes argued that in a “state of nature,” all humans are equally vulnerable. No one is safe, for even the weakest can kill the strongest. Mutual distrust breeds a “war of all against all,” where preemptive strikes replace peace. In such a world, civilization—farming, art, science—crumbles under “continual fear of violent death.”
Netanyahu’s strategy mirrors this trap. By refusing to end the cycle of aggression, Israel condemns itself to eternal insecurity. Survival cannot be won through endless war; it can only be secured through justice.
