Israel Expands Borders For ‘Protection Against Iran’ Yet Works To Foil Trump’s Iran Peace Plan, Eyes Future Conflict With Turkey

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently vowed to maintain its occupation forces within the borders of its neighbors, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. The Jewish State is also eyeing the prospect of conquest against the NATO member, Turkey. It also recently began to “fortify” its border with Jordan to counter the Iranian threat.

Despite the defensive (and offensive) measures, one area in which Israel has not just ignored but outright resisted is the prospect of peace.

In May Netanyahu ordered an expansion of its Gaza occupation, in contradiction to the Trump-backed ceasefire agreement. The Jewish State then stepped up strikes against Lebanon in early June.

Trump, seeking an end to the Iran war with a deal contingent upon Israel ceasing its attacks against Lebanon, attempted (and temporarily succeeded) to get Israel to cease hostilities.

Despite being funded and backed by the Trump administration, Netanyahu again ignored the will of the White House and resumed its bombing of Lebanon in late June:

Axios released an interview with President Donald Trump on Friday where he expressed faith that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would abide by the latest Iran peace deal, saying the Israeli government has “a lot of respect for me, and they do as I say.”

Within hours of the president’s sit-down with Axios, the IDF conducted intense airstrikes across southern Lebanon that resulted in nearly fifty deaths and about 100 injuries.

Alex Jones commented on the attacks Saturday morning, writing, “Trump tells Israel’s leadership to stop bombing Lebanon and Benjamin Netanyahu instantly responds by carpet bombing Christian southern Lebanon to kill the Iran peace deal and to take the land..”

According to current and former U.S. officials on Thursday, Israel may have been plotting to kill top Iranian negotiators in order to keep Washington in their war.

While the Jewish State expands in all directions, new frontiers open up. Turkey, a NATO member with the largest conventional military in all of Europe has found itself in the Israeli crosshairs, at least politically.

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained to President Trump on Friday about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, according to Israeli and U.S. officials,” Axios reported Monday. “Netanyahu also asked Trump, who will meet Erdoğan during this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, to refrain from selling weapons systems that would help Turkey modernize its air force, the officials said.”

Netanyahu said that one of the most important lessons he has taken from the October 7 attack was “having buffer zones inside enemy territory — not inside our territory.”

The land captured in Israel’s conquest is intended to become part of the Greater Israel, according to The Associated Press.

“Over the past two and a half years, Israel has taken control of swaths of GazaLebanon and Syria that amount to its biggest expansion of militarily occupied lands in decades,” The AP said June 18. “It is an area larger than many major cities — roughly 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) — and Israel has said it plans to stay indefinitely.”


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