Israel Just Invented a New War – And It’s Already Falling Apart
Israel says a new war is coming — but there’s no enemy, no attack, and no border. So why are billions being spent, and who’s really being protected?
Despite attacks in Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, Israel has apparently run out of wars to keep Netanyahu’s backside safe in power it seems — so this time they’ve decided to invent one. The IDF is now crying about a “developing threat from Iraq.” The loyal papers print it like scripture, but nobody mentions that Iraq hasn’t attacked Israel once — not the government, not the militias, not anyone. The only planes crossing that border have Israeli flags on them.
Israeli news outlet Maariv says it’s about “defending the home front.” In the small print, it’s five and a half billion shekels for a new wall and a few well-connected contractors. Well where’s that money coming from with Israel’s economy increasingly going south? This isn’t security policy, it’s crisis cosplay — a state so addicted to war it’s now fighting its own imagination. Netanyahu says he’s keeping Israel safe. What he’s really keeping safe is himself and the lie that Israel’s still in control and only he can protect it. When you start bombing ghosts, you’ve really lost the plot though haven’t you?
Israel is inventing another war. Netanyahu has had a funny dream, and for all we know it could well have been one of those dreams given what is being spoken about now. This time the enemy isn’t Hamas or Hezbollah or the Houthis. It’s Iraq — a country that hasn’t fired a single verified shot at Israel, that shares no border with it, and that is still trying to rebuild from the last American war that flattened it. Yet, according to Israel’s security establishment, Baghdad now sits on the edge of launching a regional assault through Iranian-backed militias. Oh so it’s Iran again then?
The claim appeared in Maariv on 24 October and has been attributed to “sources in the Northern Command.” Those sources said the IDF and the Mossad were preparing for “a developing threat to the Israeli home front from Iraq.” It was the kind of line that has kept Israel on a permanent war footing for two years — vague, unverifiable, and politically priceless. Iraq as a state has never attacked Israel. A few militias based in Iraq — mainly within the self-styled Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella — have claimed occasional drone launches in solidarity with Gaza, but none have actually been independently verified or caused damage inside Israel. The only confirmed hostilities between the two countries run the other way.
IDF, Mossad readying for Oct. 7-style attack from Iran-backed militias in Iraq
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-872299
It's a long walk from Iraq for an Oct 7-style attack...
