During Netanyahu’s latest term as prime minister, Israel has turned into a country that constantly produces ‘war.’

Wars are started under the pretext of security, and the heightened security concerns during the war lead to the opening of new fronts.

There have been such periods in world history: The Thirty Years’ War (1618 to 1648) was the result of a period when war spread across Europe and became continuous.

The last time our world experienced such a bloody period was between 1939-1945, brought about by Germany.

More people died in World War I than in all the wars the world had seen up to that point… The highest number of casualties —5.3 million— was the fate of the Germans, who started the war and turned nearly all of Europe into a battlefield.

If Israel had seen the Hamas attack it suffered a year ago as an opportunity to achieve lasting security rather than using it as a means to implement Netanyahu’s ‘final solution,’ things could have been different.

But Israel didn’t take that path. It never considered understanding the reasons for the attacks or alleviating the medieval conditions under which Palestinians live in Gaza; instead, it turned Gaza, home to over two million people, into a war zone.

Under the pretext of rescuing Israeli hostages held by Hamas, it razed Gaza to the ground. It killed nearly 50,000 people, indiscriminately, including women, children, and the elderly. Today, Gaza is uninhabitable.

Did Netanyahu’s ‘final solution’ plan work?

It didn’t.

There are still two million Palestinians in Gaza resisting being displaced…

The hostages died in the bombings during the war, and Hamas still holds over 100 hostages…

Like monarchs of centuries past who were never satisfied with what they had, or the Führer who plunged all of Europe into bloodshed about a hundred years ago, Netanyahu expanded his target range.

After Gaza, he attacked Lebanon.

Then he set his sights on Iran; the Iranians spent the night in fear of missiles raining down on them.

That wasn’t enough—Netanyahu sent out a message that could instill fear across the entire region: “I can send missiles to the Middle East.”

Even Turkey, geographically classified within Europe, has started to see itself as one of Israel’s potential targets for some time now.

Is this paranoia?

My answer to this question doesn’t matter at all. First, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, then Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, and most recently, in his speech on the opening day of Parliament, President Tayyip Erdoğan voiced this possibility.

What did they say?

Hakan Fidan: “After Israel achieved its objectives in Gaza, it turned to Lebanon. Where will it go after Lebanon? What targets will it work on? We have some predictions, but for now, they remain with us.”

Numan Kurtulmuş: “It is clear that Israel’s attack on Lebanon, followed by targeting Syria, is part of its ultimate goals, and one of these goals, from the Nile to the Euphrates, includes Turkey.”

President Tayyip Erdoğan: “Israel’s aggression also targets Turkey. We will oppose this state terrorism with all the means at our disposal to protect our homeland, our people, and our independence.”

Is this paranoia?

It’s hard to believe that all the highest-ranking officials of the state have collectively fallen into the realm of ‘paranoia.’

They must know something.

Where is Israel headed, constantly opening new fronts like Germany in the 1940s, which turned the world into a battlefield, while signaling that it could open even more?

Does it aim to fulfill the dream of “the promised land from the Nile to the Euphrates”?

Or is Netanyahu planning to invite the Messiah by triggering the ‘Armageddon War’ foretold in the Torah, which would bring about the end of the world?

Many devout Jews, who know such passages from the Torah better than Netanyahu, do not support his war.

Although there are a few fanatics in his war cabinet, Netanyahu is not someone whose actions can be justified by a claim of ‘religiosity.’

More importantly, even though the total Jewish population worldwide does not exceed 15 million, how could the vast lands between the Nile and the Euphrates be occupied?

This leaves only one possibility: Netanyahu is setting the world on fire to protect his shaky seat…

Could it really be that simple?

The so-called ‘Hundred Years’ War’ (1337–1453), which consisted of several interwoven wars, was merely a series of throne battles.

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[The translation of the article is by ChatGPT with some minor modifications.]