Iran is one of the world’s oldest and most remarkable civilizations. Its people have contributed immensely to human history, culture, science, and art. But today, this historic nation is governed by a regime whose ideology, actions, and ambitions have placed it on a dangerous path, not only for its own citizens, but for the entire world. The problem is not Iran as a country, and not the Iranian people. The problem is the regime that rules them.
Israel does not share a border with Iran, there is no territorial dispute, no natural conflict between our peoples, and no reason for hostility. In fact, before 1979, Israel and Iran had cooperative relations. This conflict exists for only one reason: the Iranian regime chose it. For decades, Iran’s leaders have openly called for Israel’s destruction, chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America”, funded armed groups on our borders, and built a strategy centered on surrounding Israel with threats. Israel did not declare war on Iran. Iran effectively declared war on Israel decades ago through its words, actions, and its proxies.
Israelis disagree on many issues, often passionately. But on the threat posed by the Iranian regime, there is rare and overwhelming unity. No country would accept living under the shadow of a nuclear threat from a regime that openly calls for its destruction. This is not about politics. This is not about ideology. It is about survival. Israel will not accept a reality in which a hostile extremist evil violent Islamist regime that funds violence and builds missiles also possesses nuclear weapons.
Iran’s actions are not limited to rhetoric. It is widely regarded as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Through its support of groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and others, Iran projects power far beyond its borders. Hezbollah for example, is a heavily armed terrorist organization in Lebanon, built and sustained with Iranian funding, training, and weapons. It possesses a massive arsenal of rockets aimed at Israeli cities and has carried out attacks against civilians. Another example of an Iranian proxy is Hamas, the terrorist organization in Gaza that carried out the monstrous October 7th 2023 attacks on Israel, slaughtering 1200 innocent people and taking 251 people hostage including 12 American citizens. Iran uses such groups as tools, allowing it to attack indirectly while avoiding direct confrontation. This is not defensive behavior. It is a deliberate strategy of destabilization. In 2024, Iran fired in April and October combined, 300 ballistic missiles at Israel.
Iran’s leaders have repeatedly called for Israel’s annihilation. These are not isolated statements, they are consistent and ideological. When a regime openly speaks about eliminating another country, the world must take it seriously. History has shown what happens when such threats are ignored.
Iran claims its nuclear program is peaceful. But actions speak louder than words and they tell a different story. In order to have a civilian nuclear program, you need enriched uranium to the level of 3.75%. Iran is enriching uranium to levels exceeding 60%, which is far beyond what is needed for civilian purposes. There is only one logical reason someone would want to enrich uranium to such levels: to build a nuclear weapon. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly noted that no non-nuclear weapons state enriches uranium to this degree unless it seeks a bomb. At the same time, Iran restricts inspectors, hides key activities, and develops ballistic missiles capable of carrying such weapons. A regime that openly calls for Israel’s destruction cannot be allowed to obtain the means to carry it out.
This is not just Israel’s problem. A nuclear-armed Iran would trigger a regional arms race, pushing other Middle Eastern countries to pursue nuclear weapons. It would dramatically increase the risk of escalation in an already unstable region. And perhaps most dangerously, it would raise the possibility of nuclear technology or materials reaching terrorist organizations.
For years, Israeli intelligence along with corroborating reports from the IAEA and Western intelligence agencies, warned that Iran was inching dangerously close to nuclear breakout. But by mid-2025, Iran had crossed multiple red lines. Enrichment levels soared, transparency disappeared, and weaponization-related activities resumed under deep secrecy. Simultaneously, Israel detected a disturbing uptick in missile deployment patterns, proxy coordination, and hardline rhetoric from Tehran. All indicators that they were approaching a nuclear threshold. Faced with the realistic possibility that Iran could complete a nuclear bomb within months or even weeks, Israel could not afford to wait. Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in June 2025 was not a matter of choice, but a matter of survival. Ask yourself this: if the Iranian regime had a nuclear weapon, would they use it? Would a regime that funds terrorism and openly calls for Israel’s destruction hesitate to use such a weapon if it believed it could eliminate the Jewish state in one blow? Israel did not have the luxury of waiting to find out. The Bible teaches us that when someone tries to kill you, you rise and act first. The decision to act was not taken lightly. It was a last resort, a necessary step to prevent an existential threat, to prevent the world’s most dangerous regime from getting its hands on the world’s most dangerous weapon.
There is something that needs to be said clearly. Israel’s fight is not with the Iranian people. The Iranian people have suffered under this regime for decades. Many of them seek freedom, dignity, and a better future. The Iranian people are not Israel’s enemy. Israel’s fight and Israel’s enemy is with the brutal and evil dictatorship that has oppressed them for 47 years. A regime that just last January massacred more than 30,000 of its own people on the streets as they protested. Why ? Only because they were protesting for freedom and a better life.
Between January and February 2026, the United States under President Donald J Trump made a renewed effort to reach a diplomatic agreement with Iran. The goal was clear: to stop Iran’s nuclear program, halt its ballistic missile development, and end its support for armed proxy groups in the region. It was an opportunity for de-escalation, a chance to resolve one of the world’s most dangerous crises without conflict. But diplomacy requires sincerity on both sides. Instead of engaging in genuine negotiations, Iran appeared to use the talks as a delaying tactic. While discussions were ongoing, there were growing indications that the regime was continuing to advance its strategic capabilities rebuilding missile stockpiles, maintaining its nuclear infrastructure, and avoiding meaningful transparency. Rather than moving toward compromise, Tehran seemed to be buying time. At a certain point, the gap between words and actions became impossible to ignore.
On February 28th 2026, after concluding that the Iranians were not serious at all, and diplomacy had failed to produce real results, the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation targeting key elements of Iran’s military infrastructure. The objective was not escalation for its own sake, but to degrade capabilities that posed an immediate and long-term threat on Israel and on American forces in the Middle East: ballistic missile systems, UAV (unarmed aerial vehicle) production networks, and facilities linked to Iran’s strategic programs including their nuclear program.
During this conflict, Iran made a critical strategic mistake. In an attempt to pressure the United States and Israel, Iran expanded the battlefield beyond its direct adversaries. It launched missiles and drone attacks not only at Israeli and American targets, but also at multiple Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. Iran’s leadership believed that by threatening those countries, it could pressure the United States to back down. But the opposite happened. Instead of dividing the region, Iran unified it against itself. Gulf states that had tried to avoid direct involvement, found themselves under attack. Countries that had previously been cautious or neutral were now directly threatened. This increased the cooperation of those countries with the United States and Israel. In trying to isolate Israel, Iran ended up isolating itself.
Also during this conflict, something else was revealed to the world that we in Israel and the US already knew. Iran is a threat to the whole world. Iran attempted something unprecedented. It launched a ballistic missile towards the US-UK military base on the Diego Garcia island, roughly 4000 kilometers away. Even though fortunately the attack failed, the message was clear. This was the longest-range strike Iran had ever attempted, far beyond its previously declared missile limits. A range of 4000 kilometers means that large parts of Europe are now within potential reach of Iranian missiles. If Iran continues advancing its ballistic missile program, then the direction is clear: longer ranges, greater precision, and more destructive potential. Even though Iran still does not have missiles that could reach North America, this is where things could go if Iran’s ballistic missile program is not stopped. The lesson here is simple: waiting carries risks. The Iranian strike on Diego Garcia was not just an isolated event, but a warning sign of where things could go.
The opening strike of the operation killed Iran’s 86 year old dictator, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ended his 37 year rule over Iran. The elimination of Ali Khamenei was not only justified because of the murderous dictator that he was, but it could also mark the turning point when the Iranian people find the strength to take their own fate into their own hands and to free themselves and their historic nation from this horrible regime. If the Iranian people will indeed do so, then they will find Israeli hands stretched out for peace.
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