Greater Israel and Israeli Hegemony in the Middle East

These two are the true objectives of the wars in the Middle East since 1967.

For international Zionism and for the various Israeli governments, the ultimate goal is for Israel to become the hegemonic power in the Middle East, with its adversaries mired in chaos and Balkanization (Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, and soon Turkey and Saudi Arabia), leaving the State of Israel as the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the region, with the most powerful conventional army; as a communications and trade hub between Asia and Europe; as the leading technological and scientific power; and all of this guaranteed by the military-economic might and the political and diplomatic support of the United States.

In the second half of the 20th century, the Israeli political-military leadership disguised these objectives by claiming that what it wanted was to avoid its “destruction” at the hands of its enemies in the region and therefore required the military support of the United States and Western Europe; as well as armed forces vastly superior to those of its opponents.

But once, throughout the 21st century, successive US administrations have fulfilled Israel's wishes to eliminate its adversaries in the region (from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to the war against Iran in 2026), the Israeli political-military-religious leadership has abandoned the "defensive" explanation of its Middle East policies and now states, without euphemism, that its objective is not only to expand Israeli territory (annexing the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and southern Lebanon and Syria), but also to establish political and military hegemony over the countries of the region through constant military intimidation (always supported by the United States) that will force them to follow Israeli political and economic directives.

Thus, Israel will apply the same strategy it has used against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon: “mown the lawn.” That is, to prevent peace and development among its adversaries in the region through wars and military interventions that hinder their ability to recover economically and militarily, thereby keeping them permanently in a state of underdevelopment and constant threat.

This implies a kind of Spartan state, as Netanyahu himself indicated in September 2025, when he spoke of turning Israel into a “super Sparta.”

While Netanyahu made this statement in light of Israel’s growing isolation in the international community due to its constant violations of international law, with the aim of preparing Israeli society to live in a constant state of war, the reality is that the prime minister was aware that this strategy is only possible if the United States continues to fund and provide military aid to Israel.

Therefore, the pro-Israel lobby in the United States is key to Israel’s continued territorial expansion. It can continue to maintain a significant advantage in conventional weapons and be the only country with nuclear weapons in the region; and it can become (as is its objective) the main economic, commercial, communications, and transportation hub between Europe and Asia.

If the Zionist magnates in the United States can maintain control of the government of the world's leading power (as they have managed for over 60 years), so that it serves Israel's grand objectives, it is very likely that we will see even more wars and instability in the Middle East in the coming years, since Netanyahu and the Israeli political-military establishment in general agree that not only must Iran fall into chaos and destabilization, but Turkey and Saudi Arabia must follow.

They care little that all of this generates a constant economic crisis worldwide, and even less that chaos persists in the Middle East, since for them the most important thing is to eliminate and/or weaken the countries that, from their perspective, could undermine their hegemony and halt their expansionist plans.

So, as long as the United States remains a subordinate piece of Israel's expansionist and hegemonic strategy; as long as Europe is unwilling or lacks the means to intervene and prevent this strategy; and as long as China and Russia have other priorities in their respective spheres of influence and prefer not to confront the United States and Israel in the Middle East, the region will most likely remain in a permanent state of conflict, with pauses and "truces" that will not last long, because Israel is determined to achieve the grand objectives that Zionism set for itself in the 19th century, and which it now sees as feasible to achieve with the acquiescence and help of the world's leading power, the United States.