Israel’s swift and bold actions to defend itself against adversaries and deadly enemies have left the global community in awe — not only for the precision and asymmetry of its warfare but also for the simultaneous short and long-term strategic impacts achieved both on the battlefield and in the geopolitical arena internationally.
Throughout its existence, Israel has contended with rejection, hatred, and hostility toward its very existence and its people, both in the Mideast and globally.
Additionally, in recent years, it has faced the unfortunate weaponization of its own citizens against its determination to defend itself assertively; these most likely fueled by a combination of weaponized foreign aid and pervasive globalist propaganda.
Despite internal fabricated opposition, a globally coordinated campaign of condemnation, and criminal attempts to limit its access to weaponry, such as French president Macron’s call for an embargo on Israel’s access to Western weapons systems, Israel swiftly dismantled the leadership structures of Hamas and Hezbollah through brilliant, patient covert operations and highly surgical military strikes.
Furthermore, Israel continues its direct military operations to ensure that access to weapons intended for use against it is set back by at least a decade.
Israel Rightfully, Competently Manages Political and Strategic Risks
Despite the efforts of anti-Israel globalist sympathizers, propagandist media outlets, and left activist globally, who portray Israel’s defense campaigns and operations as anti-Palestinian, the reality is that Israel has developed profound expertise in managing strategic and political risks, both regionally and around the world.
While Israel's survival undeniably depends on maintaining patriotic cohesion as a nation, regardless of its internal political struggles, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government remain focused and resolute on and in their mission to protect Israel.
They’ve successfully maintained the support of most Israeli citizens, through steadfast leadership, appeasing manipulated crowds with effective, measured actions in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank, and countering propaganda by exposing the atrocities and war crimes of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Horrendous acts such as hiding weapons under hospitals, schools, and refugee camps.
Also, Israel has highlighted the failure of certain multinational organizations and media outlets to prevent terrorists from using them as cover.
The Facts Outweigh the Lies
Undeniably, a double standard is applied against Israel by most multilateral organizations, ideologically driven leftist bureaucrats in various governments worldwide, as well as by legacy media and a global network of left-leaning non-governmental organizations.
While the anti-Israel crowd dramatically inflates its rhetoric with woke, accusatory language and promotes the narrative of Israel as a genocidal state, it hypocritically ignores that its collective efforts, alongside direct attempts by Iran and its proxies to annihilate Israel, meet the criteria for genocide, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).
Since Israel initiated its retaliatory campaign in response to the horrific attacks of October 7, 2023, many details have come to light about the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by Hamas, Hezbollah, and, by association, their financiers and enablers.
These include the intentional killing of civilians, including newborns, hostage-taking, rape, torture, maiming, and executions, as well as the use of schools, hospitals, and refugee camps to store weapons and operate command centers.
Most appallingly, certain UN agencies and international media outlets appear to be employing known terrorists even after warnings from Israeli security agencies.
Even after the Israeli government publicly revealed the identities of the deceased terrorists and their direct employment by these organizations, the involved organizations and entities have launched what amounts to a sham investigation, coupled with a concerted, covert effort to cover it up and remove it from public and media scrutiny.
Had the Israeli government not decided to make public the gruesome images of the Oct. 7 massacre, the photos of weapons warehouses and factories hidden inside hospitals, schools, and refugee camps, and the undeniable proof that terrorists carried official UN and media identifications, they wouldn't have been able to turn the tide against the global propaganda campaign of misinformation and disinformation targeting them.
Nor would they have been able to maintain and garner widespread support for their recent military operations regionally.
As long as Israel continues to press the truth, the facts will outweigh their enemies’ lies.
Managing the Risk of U.S. Politics in an Election Year
Amid a highly polarized presidential election in the United States, which has even seen the Holocaust, the worst atrocity in human history, weaponized as a political gimmick that indirectly mocks the suffering of Jews and Israel, and in light of the current U.S. administration's foreign policy, including the release of billions of dollars to Iran that empowered the anti-Israel regime and financed the Oct. 7 carnage and ongoing assaults on Israel since then, Israel has taken deliberate measures to counter these shifts, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election.
By strategically weakening the capabilities of its adversaries, Israel has ensured that, no matter who wins the election, the strength of its adversaries and enemies in the region has been set back by more than a decade.
Even if the laxity towards the Iran regime would continue following the U.S. elections, and into the next U.S. administration, through decisive and preemptive actions, Israel has at least bought itself some time, and systematically addressed the immediate and long-term threats posed by adversaries such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and extremist factions in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
These actions extend beyond the right of self-defense, positioning Israel as a calculated force in geopolitical strategy and power balance.
Mario Duarte is co-founder and CEO of DH Global Strategy, a global consulting and lobbying firm. He is the youngest and longest serving Secretary of Strategic Intelligence to hold office in Guatemala. His professional credentials include more than 18 years of experience in the fields of intelligence, national security, consulting, and strategy development in several countries. Follow Mario Duarte on Twitter: @marioduartegar and Instagram: @marioduartegar. Read Mario Duarte's Reports — More Here.
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