Israel, “Rising lion” came out shorn, after 12
days, by the “True Promise III”
The ‘ceasefire’ arranged by Trump between, on
the one hand, the US and its most efficient external base in the world, Israel,
and on the other hand, Iran, is evidence, to date, of a historic defeat of
Israel by Iran and, of course, by those who conceived and formulated it, the
US. It is important to note that the genocide of Palestine by the defeated
powers continues, as does the concrete solidarity and struggle of the Yemenis
for Palestine.
The US maintains its propaganda and intention
to continue expanding the acceptance (imposition) of the Abraham Accords, based
on the recognition of the murderous state of Israel, between imperialism and
the opulent governments of the Arab countries, all undeclared accomplices in
the genocide of Palestine.
Israel's aggression did not achieve its goal
of crushing Iran, for Iran did not collapse and responded by attacking Israel.
The Israelis panicked and the US had to come to their rescue, proving that a
regular army could defeat the much-vaunted and superior lethal army, the
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and their impregnable fortress, the Zionist state
of Israel.
It fell upon the US to intervene directly in
the conflict to prevent the Zionist regime from devastation and a continuing
deterioration of the situation. Iran responded with complex precision missiles
and drones that struck important centres in Israel, damaging the headquarters
of the intelligence services, the country's largest oil refinery near the port
city of Haifa, and the Weizmann Institute of Science, one of the country's
leading research centres, as well as Microsoft's facilities in Beer Sheva, in
Cyberspark, Israel's cybersecurity technology complex, among other targets.
This is indirectly a victory against Trump's
plans, demonstrating the scope of Iran's response and its ability to strike
back again and with greater magnitude. However, it is clear that this tacit
ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran allows for the resumption of the
killing of the starving population of Gaza and the attacks and assassinations
in the West Bank and Lebanon.
With regard to the ceasefire with Iran in
particular, this is due, first, to the growing impact of missiles and drones destroying
Israel, and second, to Iran's demonstration of its capability by attacking the
Al Udeid military base in Qatar, the most important US air base in the Middle
East, which also houses aircraft belonging to the British Royal Air Force,
Qatar itself and other countries. It houses more than 8,000 soldiers and has
capacity for more than 100 aircraft, as well as a powerful defence
infrastructure. Strangely or rather cowardly, at the time, the aircraft had
been withdrawn and the missile defence was carried out by Qatar. Thirdly, the
icing on the cake was going to be the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, along
with the Yemeni declaration to impose a blockade on US ships passing through
the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. And if that weren't enough, there were global protests,
particularly in the US, against the war.
It is absurd to believe that two days after
the US bombing (21 June), in which more than 150,000 kilograms of explosives
were detonated in less than an hour on Iranian soil, Trump (23 June) called for
a ceasefire... because they achieved what objective? Apart from the nuclear
threat from Iran, which does not exist in the immediate term. In the end (24
June), after 12 days, Israel's missile defence system – the Iron Dome – had
been seriously weakened, while Hamas' resistance in Gaza continued. Netanyahu's
Israel was hit hard by the Iranians. They did not expect it; they thought their
system was impregnable, but it has been proved that it could be penetrated.
Iran's missile power is very high, some even hypersonic and with explosive
payloads of up to 2,500 kilograms, as demonstrated until the last minutes of
the ceasefire, in the so-called truce imposed by Trump.
The ceasefire was actually between three
parties, including the US, which does not recognise itself as a participant in
the war and was the main instigator and promoter of the war, which began on 13
June, 61 days after the US had given Iran one more day to comply with its
demands following talks in April 2025.
The Israelis themselves have estimated that the
cost of the damage caused by Iranian missile and drone attacks is greater than
that caused since 7 October and the more than 600 days that have passed since
the start of the genocide in Gaza and the attacks on the West Bank, up to that
12-day war. Finally, one day after ordering bombings against Iranian nuclear
facilities, the US president took to social media to announce a surprise
armistice.
As a result of this, among other things, Iran’s
withdrawal from the supervision of the (imperialist agency) known as the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has come on the agenda.
Imperialism flaunted its verbosity and media
brazenness, using, on the one hand, denunciations of despotism and human rights
attacks by the theocratic regime, and on the other hand, the display of its
seemingly invincible military and technological power. But the worst thing is
that many on the left who follow these narratives are useful to it, taking an
equidistant position in this struggle.
Revolutionaries are anti-imperialist, but the
resistance and the entire axis of the resistance are under non-revolutionary
leadership. However, those who do not understand this difference and, in turn,
their common ground, which is that they are not with imperialism and must fight
for their existence, are taking sides with all the corresponding
anti-colonialist and internationalist distinctions, not giving sectarian speeches
from the pulpit or inflammatory statements of integrity.
Even worse, some sectors label the motives of both
sides as engaging in imperialist war, which is not the case, but it is war and
you have to decide whether you are for the weapons that fire on imperialism, or
neutral, which is the same as siding with the imperialist enemy.
For the total defeat of the Zionist state of
Israel
Long live the struggles of all the peoples of
the Middle East
Out with all imperialist bases, equipment and
soldiers from the Middle East
José Capitán
Opción Obrera Venezuela
June 2025
