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This Strike on Iran Makes Israel the Leader of the Free World

(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Melanie Phillips - The siren that woke all of us up in Israel at 3 a.m. last Friday was in effect a shofar blast signifying that the Jewish state was now taking its destiny in its own hands and had engaged in a heroic battle against a great evil that threatened the world. Israel went in alone against Iran, in full knowledge that the tiny Jewish state could easily become overwhelmed by Tehran's vast missile arsenal. It did so because it had no choice. Iran had long threatened Israel with genocide, and time had now run out. Even though Iran regularly announced that after it had destroyed Israel it would do the same to America and Britain, those countries were refusing to neutralize the threat. So Israel did so. Ballistic missiles aimed at murdering civilians were being fired in such large numbers by Iran that some slipped through and left a growing trail of Israeli dead and wounded. Yet, despite the grief and trauma of this long and excruciatingly difficult war, Israel's communal spirit, determination and optimism are off the charts. There's a sense of relief that deliverance is finally at hand from the long Iran nuclear nightmare. There's enormous pride in the country's unmatched intelligence acts of derring-do, its strategic genius and the courage and heroism of its military. And Israelis see themselves as defending the Free World, performing a service for people who don't even recognize the threat. The world that's against Israel is a world that's going down. Not only will Israel win this war to survive and thrive, but it will become the dominant regional power. With Britain and so much of the West mired in demoralization and defeatism, it will also become in effect the leader of the Free World. The writer is a columnist for The Times-UK.
2025-06-20 00:00:00
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