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The escalating confrontation between the US, Israel and Iran is being framed in much of the international discourse as a battle between opposing camps: one defending stability and deterrence, the other resisting Western and Israeli dominance. But for the Arab world, this framing is dangerously misleading. The reality is far more troubling.
For decades, the Arab region has repeatedly found itself trapped in conflicts designed, driven or manipulated by external powers. The current escalation is another example of this grim pattern. Arabs must understand a basic and uncomfortable truth: neither Israel nor Iran is acting in the interests of Arab stability, sovereignty or prosperity. Both are pursuing their own strategic agendas and both have already extracted a devastating human price from Arab societies.
Those who still believe this confrontation represents a simple struggle between “good” and “evil” are missing the deeper geopolitical reality. The Middle East is once again becoming an arena where competing powers pursue influence, deterrence and ideological ambitions while Arab populations bear the consequences.
The region is again becoming an arena where competing powers pursue influence, deterrence and ideological ambitions
