https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e14b84fb-6995-4ea8-b4d7-4fc64fbe5d5f David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, says Israel’s blitz on Iran has collapsed into a strategic defeat. In 12 days, none of Israel’s war aims were achieved. Trump claimed Iran’s nuclear programme had been obliterated, but US intelligence quickly contradicted him. Iran’s core infrastructure survived, and key materials were moved before the strikes. Iran may have already built deeper facilities elsewhere. Israel also failed to destroy Iran’s missile arsenal. After Trump declared a ceasefire, Iran launched new waves of attacks, hitting Beersheba and strategic sites across Israel. The damage was greater than anything Hamas or Hezbollah had inflicted. Hearst says Iran did not need to win outright. It only needed to keep fighting. Its missile strikes pinned Israeli civilians in shelters, drained missile defences, and exposed Israel’s limits. The quick victory Netanyahu sought never came. Iran’s ability to stand firm has shifted the balance. He argues this was never about ending a nuclear weapons programme. It was a clash between two worldviews: one that insists Israel must dominate the region, and one that resists occupation. Hearst concludes that Netanyahu’s long project to destroy Iran may have gone too far. Israel has exposed its population to a new kind of war and gained little in return. The result is not dominance, but danger. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:34:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e14b84fb-6995-4ea8-b4d7-4fc64fbe5d5f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.