Israel’s Expanding Aggression

In the past 48 hours, Israel has carried out a spree of attacks across the Middle East. Targets were struck in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, and even Qatar.

Of all these, the airstrike on Doha stands out as the most brazen. It targeted the political leadership of Hamas during peace negotiations—an unmistakable signal that Israel views diplomacy as a threat to its expansionist designs.

The Doha Attack

According to Hebrew Channel 14, ten Israeli F-35s flew a coordinated mission across the airspaces of Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, before launching precision-guided missiles at a Hamas delegation meeting in Qatar.

The mission was reportedly synchronized with these Arab states.

Moreover, US and UK refueling aircraft—KC-46A Pegasus and RAF KC-3 Voyager—flew from the CENTCOM base in Doha to keep the Israeli jets airborne, making Western complicity undeniable.

Qatar’s Emir revealed that Washington only informed him ten minutes after the strike.

Former President Trump attempted to distance himself, claiming he had knowledge of the operation but had neither ordered nor approved it, calling it “Israel’s own venture.”

Yet such denials ring hollow given Washington’s logistical support.

The Doha strike killed five members of the Hamas delegation, though the senior leadership survived. Ironically, Qatar had invested $19 billion in air defense systems—including the US Patriot PAC-3, Norway’s NASAMS, Britain’s Rapier, and Germany’s Roland. None of them fired a shot.

This underlines a bitter truth: Western-supplied weapons are not meant to defend Muslim countries against Israel or the US. Built-in control mechanisms ensure dependency and prevent use against their true makers.

Trump had only recently signed a $1.2 trillion arms deal with Qatar, receiving lavish gifts from the Emir. Those gestures, like the costly weaponry, proved worthless in the face of Israeli aggression.

Israel’s Roadmap: From Gaza to Greater Israel

Israel’s immediate objectives are transparent:

First: Gaza, then the West Bank.

Next: Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt.

Eventually: the holy cities of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, before Iraq.

The endgame is the Greater Israel project, extending from the Nile to the Euphrates. But even this is not the ultimate goal. Zionist ideology rests on the conviction that Jews are the “chosen people” destined to rule the world.

Zionist Strategy Through History

Zionist influence has long shaped world events:

They pushed the US into both World Wars.

They inflamed the Cold War by setting Christianity against Communism.

They guided Washington in dismantling the Soviet Union.

After 1991, they floated the “Clash of Civilizations” thesis to pit Christianity against Islam.

9/11 and the subsequent “Global War on Terror” targeting eight Muslim states were Zionist-engineered.

Today, Zionist lobbies dominate policymaking in Washington and London, steering hostility towards China, Russia, and above all the Muslim world.

They ensured Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, pressured the US to strike Iran in June 2025, and sanctioned targeted assassinations of leaders like Hamas chief Ismail Haniya in Tehran and Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon—often at moments when peace deals were on the table.

Israel: Enemy of Peace

The pattern is unmistakable. Whenever peace is within reach, Israel sabotages it:

Killing negotiators.

Bombing mediation venues.

Pretending victimhood while claiming “self-defence.”

By shielding Israel, the US has crippled its own global standing. Its credibility is in tatters, its alliances weakened, and its power eroded. Israel, meanwhile, has grown into the region’s most aggressive military power, armed and shielded by the US, UK, and France.

The Arab Dilemma

Arab rulers, meanwhile, remain trapped in an ostrich-like mindset. Terrified of Washington and Tel Aviv, they view Hamas as a greater threat to their thrones than Israel itself.

Despite Israel openly publishing maps of Greater Israel—and attacking a fellow Arab state—they remain fixated on luxury, pomp, and hollow condemnations.

History will not forgive their cowardice. This is not the time for empty statements—it is the time to act.

If Arab leaders continue their complacency, Israel’s aggression will not stop at Palestine or Qatar. It will eventually consume them all.

The author Brigadier (Retd.) Asif Haroon Raja, is a war veteran, defence and political analyst, international columnist, author of five books, and ex-Chairman of the Thinkers Forum Pakistan. He is currently Director of the Measac Research Centre, Patron-in-Chief of the CDS Think Tank, and Administrator of Fact Check. He frequently appears on TV talk shows and delivers lectures on strategic affairs.

*The views and opinions expressed herein, and any references, are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of the Centre for Development and Stability (CDS).