Oct 7 attack and 'Greater Israel'

Israel may have pulled a stunt even the wildest conspiracy theorists would struggle to make sense of. Before the much-exploited October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, many Arab states were prepared to recognise Israel and establish diplomatic relations with the Zionist state.

When the Hamas attack happened, the most straightforward analysis was that Hamas did it in order to jeopardise any chances of friendly relations between Israel and the Arab states. A recognition of Israel by the Arab world would mean the death of the state of Palestine. Therefore, Hamas pulled this stunt. And in the ensuing months after the attack, especially after the Israeli terrorism in Gaza, it became clear that diplomatic recognition of Israel was a lost cause for the Gulf states.

But a careful and slow look at this picture actually points to a more nuanced understanding of another ulterior motive behind all this. We know for a fact that Hamas was not only created by Israel but recent reports have emerged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped Hamas stay alive and strong by facilitating huge bags of cash to be transported to them through Israel. Here is what else we know: Israel does not want to define its permanent borders because it wants to keep encroaching upon more and more land that does not belong to it. Actually the entire state is the most brutal and cunning real estate heist in recent memory.

There is no reason to believe that such a thief state would give up on its ways to stop stealing more land for its notorious greater Israel project. And that is where this becomes interesting to look at the same facts and come to a different understanding. We have not been asking the wrong questions, but rather answering the same questions with wrong answers.

Hamas attack killed any hopes of Israeli recognition by the Gulf states not because that was the plan of Hamas but rather that is what Israel had wanted. Because a recognition of the state of Israel would mean an endless demand by these Gulf states to create a path for the establishment of the state of Palestine but it would also solidify the border lines of Israel, which is anathema to the Zionist state. Furthermore, an Israel recognised by the Arab states creates a semblance of peace, which damages the Israeli designs to benefit from the chaos in that region. Israel never wanted the Gulf recognition of Israel. It never needed it. It can grab more real estate and can kill more people with more impunity banking on the fiction of being attacked by Hamas than in the absence of it and living in a neighborhood where other states have recognised it as a legitimate state.

If you look at the news about the Iran war, every few hours there is either a ceasefire or a violation of it. This perpetual uncertainty and permanent state of conflict are exactly what Israel wants because it could eventually lead to weakening the Gulf region – a situation favourable for its 'Greater Israel' project.