Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran alone?

Prof. Kobi Michael: Israel’s strategy is clear. Iran remains close to achieving nuclear capacity and has shown it’s able to continue producing ballistic missiles and supplying its proxy forces in the region.

The war on Iran was currently a fiasco from Israel’s perspective, with both the US and Iran insisting that they had won.

Israel was prepared to fight alone if necessary. Israel can only have one strategy, to strike directly at the head of the octopus that threatens global civilisation and to do that alone, if necessary.

Published in Al Jazeera English, August 6, 2026.

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