Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 19.03.206
By now, the isolation of Israel and the United States is a strong global trend, primarily driven by international opposition to the ongoing killing in Gaza, the Zionist terror in the West Bank, and the war on Iran. While their bilateral bond remains strong, both imperialist states face increasing pressure and a narrowing circle of global support.
From the first day of the imperialists attack on Iran, thousands demonstrated in the US, London and Rome to criticize U.S./Israeli actions. In Washington D.C. and Detroit, protesters held signs saying “No war on Iran”.
Inside Iran pro-government rallies took place in Tehran following the murdering of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, while many Iranians expressed fear of a “scorched country”. Demonstrations occurred in diverse locations, including Cape Town (South Africa) and Tunis (Tunisia), where protesters gathered near the U.S. consulate.
In Iraq, pro-Iranian protesters clashed with police near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
The U.S. and Israel frequently stand alone or with very few allies against overwhelming General Assembly majorities.
Traditional allies like the UK, Canada, and France have moved toward recognizing a Palestinian state—a move that has historically been opposed by the U.S. and Israel. Trump’s requests of the US’ traditional supporters to send their navies to open Hormuz straits have been denied.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) have issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and Galant regarding their war crimes, further isolating Israel. Support for Israel is at historic lows among younger Americans (aged 18–34), where a majority now sympathize more with Palestinians.
While Republican support remains relatively steady, nearly 70% of Democrats and a growing number of people who do not support the two imperialist parties: the Democrats and the Republican, view U.S. support for Israel as support for war crimes by the Zionist monster.
Even within the MAGA movement and among evangelical Christians—groups traditionally staunch in their support—critical voices have emerged regarding continued military aid to Israel. Within the MAGA many oppose the war against Iran.
On March 17, 2026, Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), of the US resigned from his position in protest of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran.
Trump does not understand why if the image of Iran is so bad, and it is an oppressive regime, his attack on Iran isolates the USA.
The American masses went out to demonstrate immediately on the first day of the attack on Iran. These demonstrations were a direct continuation of the resistance to the genocide of the Palestinian people with the assistance of the United States. Today, the consciousness of the masses is an anti-imperialist one. We live in a period of revolutions and wars, and the consciousness of the masses has increased and reflects this awareness.
At the same time, Shia and even Sunnis Muslims in India and Kabul have held rallies in support of Iran and its Supreme Leader. In March 2026, protesters in regions like Kashmir and Kargil held demonstrations opposing the killing of Iranian leadership by US/Israeli strikes. These rallies highlight solidarity, viewing Iran as a center of religious authority,
Protests in India: Significant protests occurred in New Delhi, Lucknow, Kargil, and Jammu & Kashmir, with participants, including Sunnis, showing solidarity against US-Israeli actions.
Solidarity in Kabul: Pro-Iran demonstrations have also been reported in Kabul, Afghanistan, among Shiite communities supporting Iran’s stance.
Motivations: Many followers in these regions view the Iranian supreme leadership as a central authority figure (Marja) in their faith.
In India the Islamophobic regime is a close friend of Israel.
Dafna Maor explains the effect of Iran’s strategy well in Haaretz. According to her, Trump does not understand why his country’s allies are not willing to cooperate in maintaining safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. After all, this is the main energy artery that drives the economies, mainly for Asia and Europe, and much less for the United States.
Iran has been able to harness its enormous strategic influence on a market that is still very important to the world: energy. With a pincer movement, it has begun attacking its Gulf neighbors, some of the world’s largest oil and gas producers, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and even Iraq and Kuwait. The Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes, was the second arm of the forceps. No ship is safe unless Iran agrees to pass through it. (China, for example). Thus, a fifth of the world’s gas supply and 15 percent of the oil supply have stopped.
The result was swift and sharp: a disruption in the global energy supply like never before. The price of crude oil, which has been climbing since the beginning of the year due to assessments that the United States will go on the offensive, has suddenly soared. In total, its price has risen by 43 percent since the start of the war and 70 percent since the beginning of the year, to $103 a barrel for Brent oil contracts, as of yesterday. At one point last week, the price approached $120 a barrel during trading. The price of gas, another highly sought-after energy product, has soared in European trade by 65 percent since the start of the war.
The world is less dependent on oil than it was in the past. It accounts for 30 percent of the global energy supply, compared to 50 percent in the 1970s, but it is still a significant share. As oil becomes more expensive, it’s not just energy products like gasoline for cars that become more expensive. The same happens to any product that consumes energy in production or transportation, and in fact to any economic activity that depends on energy that is not from a renewable source. If the price of oil continues to rise, or remains high, almost all economies in the world will suffer from inflation.
Most major economies have crude oil reserves, which they built after the energy crisis of the 1970s under the direction of the International Energy Agency (IEA), but they will last only a few weeks. If the war continues longer than that, the crisis will deepen. Asia’s industrial-intensive economies do not have domestic oil and gas resources, and they need to import oil from the Gulf and the United States. Mainly through the Strait of Hormuz. The surge in oil prices is already taking a toll on them: factories are struggling to get their energy products and losing profitability, consumers are paying more for fuel, and products are becoming more expensive across the economy.
The U.S. is the least dependent on oil from the Gulf, having developed shale fields from which it produces gas and oil in recent decades using a technology called hydraulic fracturing. In fact, it is the largest oil producer in the world, and even exports the surpluses it has. So why is Trump so nervous about the rise in oil prices?
Since oil is a global commodity that can be transported from one place to another with relative ease, a shortage in one place also puts pressure on other places – and this is how we have seen the price of oil soar in recent weeks. As a result, oil and its products are also becoming more expensive in the United States, which is immediately reflected in the increase in the price of fuel for cars. The average price of gasoline in the United States has jumped by 20 percent from the start of the war until the day before yesterday — a dramatic jump that is taking place just as spring break is coming and many Americans are going on trips.
For Trump, this is a political disaster. The price of gasoline is one of the most sensitive indicators of governance, especially in a midterm election year, and especially when voters, including Republicans, oppose his economic policies. Trump now fears that the cost of living will help his Democratic opponents reap many victories in congressional races and other offices.
The last time gasoline prices soared sharply, during the Biden administration, the president ordered the opening of the strategic reservoirs, and the price of gasoline did fall. This time, the United States has already opened the reservoirs, in a joint move with the OECD and IEA countries. The past week has seen some stabilization in prices, but they are much higher than they were a few months ago.
This is why oil is an effective leverage that Iran can exert on the economy and the world’s largest power. And that is why Trump is so eager for cooperation from NATO members and other countries that are allies of the United States, or at least those who saw themselves as friends until he launched a trade war, rhetorical attacks, and various threats not seen since the end of world wars. When he came to dismantle the world order, both economic and political, Trump forgot that the United States sits at the top end of the pyramid of that same order, and that if the pyramid falls apart, the United States will fall the hardest. It is already a declining and decaying empire and the war on Iran is further pushing it down.
It is not by chance that Trump, who was involved closely with Epstein, is the president of the USA who attacks Iran using lies that most people do not believe. He resembles the last Caesars of Rome.
Three weeks of mass destruction and killing of Iranians, the regime is stable and the Iranians defend the state. In the US the opposition to the war is growing and in Israel the Israelis are afraid while small businesses are closing down. It is very easy to begin a war, and how it ends is a different matter.
For humanity to live, imperialism must be killed.