Brace Yourselves For War Between Iran and Israel

[Liliea]

Iranian authorities blame Israel and the United States for organizing the protests. According to TASS sources from the Tasnim news agency, a group of armed protesters with videos of Israel were arrested with evidence that they had been trained in sabotage operations. They were planning to blow up critical infrastructure. Various types of weapons, state-owned equipment, and explosive devices were seized. There is talk of 2,000 people dead, but the figure may rise and be exaggerated.
According to The Times of Israel:

Help is on its way’: Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, seize institutions.​

Appearing to depart from the notion of negotiating with the Iranian government, US President Donald Trump told protesters in Iran on Tuesday that “help is on its way” and urged them to keep protesting and take control of the country’s institutions.
He added that those who have killed protesters would “pay a big price.”

Trump’s remarks, made in a social media post, came after Iranian authorities said some 2,000 people had been killed in the mass demonstrations, though the Mossad was reported to say that the true toll was more than twice as high.

“There is a lot of help on the way in different forms, including financial assistance from us,”

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010405597305540650

They can really make Trump think twice:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2011198901047460105

Israeli-linked rioters trained in sabotage abroad detained in Iran

According to Tasnim news agency, the detainees were planning to blow up critical infrastructure facilities

tass.com

https://www.timesofisrael.com/help-is-on-its-way-trump-urges-iranians-to-keep-protesting-seize-institutions/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=liveblog-january-12-2026

 

[Mark7]

One of the ideas I had a while ago and now again:

Could it be that Trump actually wants to do the Iran thing quickly not only to keep the crazies at bay and avoid the worst but also in order to make Israel more vulnerable? I mean, if you push it to make it fast, and things are not quite in place to defend “allies“ in the region, this sort of gives Iran a better chance to take Israel out, since they obviously will be the main target besides maybe some US bases? Might just be wishful thinking on my part though. I would bet more on wishful thinking on my part there.

The Cs said 'they' would go too far, as always. Then there's the saying 'give them enough rope...', and 'evil always destroys itself'. Is Trump performing a 5D chess move by playing along with STS? Does he have much choice? As an optimist, I can hope he does the right thing at the right time. He's been a catalyst. Perhaps he will betray the betrayer in the end, or not.

 

[nicklebleu]

Has been that way for a long time, IMO.

Don’t forget that Israel was ultimately a British creation long before the state of Israel even existed (Balfour declaration 1917). The British aim would have been then already to secure the Middle Eastern resources/ unruly natives under their control. The power of the British Empire has somewhat waned, but it should not be underestimated, as the City of London still is one of the biggest financial players in the world. And the old enmity between England and the US is still alive and well.

 

[axj]

Could it be that Trump actually wants to do the Iran thing quickly not only to keep the crazies at bay and avoid the worst but also in order to make Israel more vulnerable?

I think the key to any future war between Israel and Iran is that Iran seems to have a lot more rockets than Israel has air defense rockets. Last time half a year ago Israel almost ran out of these after less than two weeks:

Anti-ballistic missile interceptors are very costly—generally millions of dollars per shot, while produced in small volumes annually. Lair points out in his blog that the 39 THAADS observably expended exceed the annual production rate (32) per year.

So, given enough time, Iranian missile attacks might have eventually exhausted Israel’s upper-layer interceptor stocks. A report by the Wall Street Journal on June 18 hints such a shortage was looming, causing the U.S. to scramble to offer more resources.

Ultimately, hostilities ended before Israel’s supply of interceptor missiles dried out. However, the 12-day war highlighted several key realities of ballistic missile defense, insights already evident in Ukraine and prior Middle Eastern conflicts: It is very appealing to have ways of defeating ballistic missiles, but highly expensive to do so (even more so than the missiles being defended against). And there continues to be insufficient annual production of interceptor missiles, globally, relative to the offensive arsenals they may be pitted against.

How Did Israel’s Air Defenses Fair Against Iran’s Ballistic Missiles?

The 12 day Iran-Israel war this June pitted Iran’s arsenal of medium-range ballistic missiles against Israel’s multi-layer air defense system. How well did it perform?

www.forbes.com

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Israel has raised its alert level for the Air Force and the Army after the US asked European allies to share intelligence on potential targets in Iran.