Israel, which has occupied Palestinian territories for decades and has been committing genocide in Gaza for nearly two years, has once again shown that it recognizes no limits to its aggression. This morning, it launched airstrikes across several parts of Iran, including Tehran, Tabriz, and Natanz. The attack resulted in the deaths of several high-ranking military officials—including the Iranian Chief of Staff—as well as scientists and civilians.
Israel’s recklessness cannot be explained by military power alone. This aggression is emboldened by the explicit or tacit support of numerous countries. It is a process openly supported by the United States and Western imperialist powers, with Turkey and several other Middle Eastern countries also complicit. What we are witnessing is a calculated attempt to crush the resistance of the region’s peoples and to turn the Middle East into a new, even more brutal, zone of exploitation and plunder. Israel embodies the most ruthless and unrestrained face of this barbarism—but it is not alone. Other imperialist powers and AKP-led Turkey also seek to profit from this pillage.
Israel’s attack on Iran is a blatant act of warmongering. It is part of a broader imperialist agenda to redivide the Middle East in line with the strategic and economic interests of imperialist powers. This aggression must be stopped. But to do so, the imperialist plans that fuel and sustain such violence must first be confronted and dismantled. Being a part of or a partner in this process means becoming complicit in the war, brutality, and grave crimes enforced by Israel.
