Now entire world watching the war with anxiety
(Dr Pentapati Pullarao)
Israel and Iran have two of the oldest civilizations and been there for thousands of years. Israel and Iran are not even neighbors and yet a most serious war has started. Normally, wars start over land. But between Iran and Israel, there has been hostility over other issues since 1980.
Iran’s enmity with Israel:
Iran was ruled by a monarchy till 1980. After 1980, conservative Shia Islam clerics took over Iran. Since 1980, Iran hs shown great hostility against Israel and always threatened to destroy Israel, since Israel is fighting Muslims. Iran has vast oil resources and uses its money to arm Shia militias and also attack Israel . The Sunni Arab countries don’t cooperate with Iran.
Iran wants to lead the Muslim world and hence busy weapons and creates militias in Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza and Syria. This worries the Sunni countries of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and JORDAN. They oppose Iran.
The USA is against Iran since 1980 and has been trying to stop Iran from building atomic weapons.
Israel history:
Jews have been a very old civilization and have a reputation for intelligence and wealth. Thousands of years ago, Jews were living in the present Arab regions. Due to wars and persecution, Jews dispersed across the world. In 1918, Brittan announced the “The Balfour Declaration “, which supported creation of a separate nation for Jews. In 1948, Britain, which was Super-power then, arranged land for Israel.
Since 1948, Arab nations fought Israel but lost all the wars and now reduced their opposition. But Iran took leadership of the fight and has become the biggest thorn for Israel. Iran openly announced that it will destroy Israel. Iran has been developing nuclear science and Israel and USA suspect that Iran already has atom bombs.
Israel sudden attack on Iran:
Israel has been warning for 20 years that Iran will acquire atom bombs and then it will attack Israel. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu is a known daredevil and aggressively for war against Iran. USA is again holding talks with Iran to control developing atom bombs. Suddenly on June 13, 2025, Israel launched a deadly attack on Iran. Netanyahu is a feared Israeli leader, who totally destroyed Gaza, by bombing it for 15 months.
- Israel sprang big surprise by attacking Iran on June 13, 2025. Even the USA did not expect it. It was a total shock to Iran, as talks were going on between USA and Iran and the next meeting was set for June 15, 2025.
- But Israel played a great trick and attacked on June 13, 2025, when Iran never expected the attack, as talks were going on with USA. Iran was fatally wrong.
- By launching a totally surprise attack on June 13, Israel killed all the top generals, Air Force chief, minister of defense, top atomic scientists and generals close to Iran Chief Khamenei. These generals were not hiding as they did not expect an Israeli attack.
- The Israeli surprise attack was so devastating that the morale of Iran collapsed, as there were no leaders left. Israeli also destroyed airfields, power stations and other military installation, where missiles were stored.
Definitely, the world is stunned by the Israeli audacity and explosive surprise attack. In war, surprise usually wins.
What will happen now?
- USA supports Israel. But President Trump keeps saying that Iran must now agree to a nuclear deal or it will be totally finished. But Israeli prime minister Nethanyahu is in mood to listen to Trump to stop the war.
- Iran is secretly asking for peace, the same way Pakistan asked for peace during Operation Sindoor. But Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu said “we will attack Iran’s nuclear program and would continue “as many days as it takes” to eliminate the threat.
Who is winning:
- There is no doubt that Israel, through its surprise and deadly attack won the first round.
- The second round of war is going on and Israel won’t stop till it gets a result. Israel wants the Iranian people to rebel against the Shia Clerical government and damage its war machine.
- Iran has received a big setback. Till now, everyone was afraid of Iran. But now, the world sees a totally in-competent government, which is un-prepared for war, which it has always been talking about.
- Iranians are also shocked by their governments in-efficiency and stupidity. The fact that Iran was taken by surprise and all its military generals killed is sending shock waves amongst Iranians. Definitely, the image of the present Shia clerical government has been badly damaged.
Comic entry by Pakistan:
Till the war started, Pakistan boldly supported Iran. But now, Pakistan said that it is not involved at all, after seeing how Israel bombed the nuclear installations. Pakistan worries that Israel may finish the “Islamic Bomb, of which Pakistan boasts much.
No one can predict how wars will end. But Israel will not stop the war unless it achieves some of its objectives. Even top Iran leader Ayatollah Khamenei is hiding. Israel has been waiting for this was for 20 years.
This war may bring big changes in the Middle East. Till now, the USA is merely a spectator and no role for the first time!
(Author is Political analyst based in New Delhi)