Intercept: Israel alone is responsible for starting the tension

The news-analytics website Intercept in an article wrote: Netanyahu's recklessness and the blind support of the United States made the regional conflict between Iran and Israel emerge from the shadows and turn into a direct conflict.

According to Intercept, the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consular office in Damascus, which resulted in the death of several senior Iranian military officials, should be considered the beginning of a regional conflict between two regional factors, as a result of which Iran in midnight Saturday targeted Israel with hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles. 

The Intercept continued: This appears to be the first attack by a government against the Israeli regime since 1991 that was carried out openly and with advance warning and did not cause mass killing, although this measure is not seen in the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate. The analysis of this American news and analytical site in this note points out that although the US with its blind support encouraged Netanyahu's recklessness, Israel must be blamed for acting without coordination with its allies, since the United States has also announced that during was not aware of the attack on the Iranian consulate.

Israel's action was deliberately and knowingly aimed at pulling America out of the region and from its focus on Europe and East Asia, and even after Iran's punitive response and the Biden administration's warning to exercise restraint, Israeli officials still promise to start a war. In response to these threats, Iran has recalled that this time it will respond appropriately without prior warning and on a larger scale and the result will be a large-scale war which will create a difficult situation for America in the Middle East. The Intercept considers US President Joe Biden as the main factor in encouraging the Israeli regime and its unconditional support after the attack on the Iranian consulate, despite his repeated concerns. By reducing its focus on the Middle East, America pursues material motives that are inconsistent with Netanyahu's long-standing motive for enmity with Iran.

With the end of the Gaza war, Netanyahu will face serious political and legal problems in the country, and expanding the scope of the war could delay this issue. Any US compliance with Israel's regional policies will have serious consequences, because going to war with Iran will be very different from going to war in Iraq; Iran has far more advanced defense industries than the entire region, and an all-out war with Iran would be unlimited in time or geographic scope. The Intercept analyst points out that under Iran's ultimatum to respond more strongly to any retaliatory measures by Israel, the United States must be ready to confront Israel and its extreme demands, which, contrary to the claims of some American politicians , are not necessarily consistent with the interests of the United States.