Israel’s Fatal Mistake? On Israel’s Fatal Embrace of US Ideological and Geopolitical Objectives
The October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, which claimed over 1,200 Israeli lives, exposed more than intelligence failures. It revealed the collapse of Israel’s decades-long strategy: outsourcing its survival to a U.S.-led order that profits from its vulnerability. For years, Israel fought Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran under American constraints, trading decisive victory for diplomatic legitimacy. Even Operation Midnight Hammer (June 2025), the Trump administration’s much-hyped bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites, proved strategically hollow. Leaked assessments confirmed the strikes failed to cripple
