Yossi Schwartz, ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 23.10.2026
The elections at the beginning of next week and Netanyahu’s plan to postpone them, which he knows he will not win, have apparently failed. He would have wanted to start a war with Iran, but Iran did not fall into the trap despite the many provocations intended to push Iran to start a preventive war.
As journalist Barak Ravid reported, American figures told him: “It looks like the Israelis are urging the Iranians to begin.” They said this after Zionist warplanes flew over Iraq and Syria.
In countless interviews and speeches over the past two weeks, Netanyahu has threatened Iran and warned it not to attack, even though there were no signs of offensive preparations on the Iranian side.
The international media reported on the plan to attack Iran on the 10th of the month that was blocked by Trump.
As far as Trump is concerned, a war before the midterm elections will worsen his situation, even though his situation is bad.
Netanyahu’s threats multiplied as he realized that Iran was not being dragged into his provocations. For example, he added overthrowing the Iranian regime to the war’s goals. Not to “create conditions for its overthrow,” but to overthrow it. In previous rounds, he didn’t state this explicitly. Now this is his order to the army: not secret, but arrogant and provocative.
He has only four days left to try to motivate Iran to attack, and if he succeeds, Trump will not stop the Zionist monster’s counterattack.