What was the significance of PM Narendra Modi's Israel visit and the rhetoric about India being with Israel ?
Namo almost departed from the old script of equi-distance from Palestine and Israeli factors -- with or without reasons and merits ??
The 'new world order' is being shaped by intense economic rivalry and rapidly increasing military friction.
Of course, the main players are the United States and China.
However, there are key secondary players with the ability to shift the balance of power: Israel (with military might) Russia, India, France and a few others.
The rest -- as they say are small ships tossed around by a huge storm engulfing the world.
Considered a leading "laboratory" for future warfare, Israel is a global hub for defense tech, AI, and drones. Its intelligence (Mossad) and military are recognized as highly effective, even as actions in the region draw international scrutiny.
Post-October 2023, Israel is working to establish a new regional structure in the Middle East.
There are 'friends' of Israel who want strengthening ties with moderate Sunni states and aimed at curbing Iranian (Shia leadership) influence.
The Gulf, which Iran sought to turn into an arena of pressure under its influence, is steadily becoming a
focal point of international cooperation
.... aimed at containing its expansion.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hit installations like
Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar,
-- the US 5th Fleet HQ in Bahrain, bases in the UAE near Abu Dhabi,
Kuwait's Central Command sites, and others, spanning at least six nations.
These were framed as retaliation solely against US and Israeli assets, with Iranian media emphasising "legitimate military targets" while warning non-US sites to stay clear.
Although the UAE reported one fatality in Abu Dhabi from intercepted missiles but confirmed air defences neutralised threats, issuing shelter alerts to residents.
Bahrain labelled the strike on the US Fifth Fleet base a "treacherous attack" and a sovereignty violation, noting explosions and smoke near coastal areas.
A number of senior figures in the Iranian regime are known to have died in Saturday's strikes.
They include:
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, who was killed on Saturday morning at his office
The commander of the Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour
Security adviser Ali Shamkhani
Defence minister Aziz Nasirzadeh
An intelligence source and military source has told the BBC's US partner CBS News that overall, around 40 Iranian officials were killed in the strikes.
Qatar's Defence Ministry on the other hand, stated it intercepted all incoming missiles before they entered airspace via joint coordination, with explosions heard in Doha.
Kuwait engaged missiles in its airspace, while Jordan downed two ballistic missiles; both affirmed no major impacts, according to Al Jazeera.
All these countries and nations closed their airspace amid global flight suspensions, positioning as reluctant hosts caught in the US-Iran crossfire without endorsing either side overtly.
By targeting Arab states, Tehran believes it is raising the cost for Washington. Instead, it is uniting its rivals, tightening US-Israel-Arab coordination — and isolating itself.
Notably from the South Asian point of view, it may be stated that the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a crucial visit to Israel -- perhaps some hours before the US-Israel assault was launched. Many may ask whose battle it has been -- Israel's or America's.
Someone has diagnosed stating -- the US President Donald Trump has “turned 'America First' into 'Israel First' - which always means America Last”.
"Netanyahu and Trump's war on Iran is wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate. Trump has turned 'America First' into 'Israel First'—which always means 'America Last'. Our Powerful Armed Forces are prepared for this day and will teach the aggressors the lesson they deserve," tweeted Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.
Tehran emphasized that the strikes occurred while it was “in the midst of a diplomatic process” with Washington. It said negotiations had been entered to demonstrate “the rightfulness of the Iranian nation,” even as it remained skeptical of U.S. and Israeli intentions.
From an Israeli perspective, the depth of Iran’s miscalculation becomes even clearer.
In the past, Tehran succeeded in driving a wedge between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Today, aggression in the Gulf produces the opposite effect.
The Abraham Accords are no longer merely a framework for economic cooperation. They have evolved into a tightening strategic and security infrastructure.
As the Iranian threat grows, so too does the shared understanding in Jerusalem and in Gulf capitals that this is a single regional challenge.
Iran is trying something else but the opposite is happening.
This signals the changing trends in global geo-politic. The Israel role in the latest rounds of attack was sinister, ruthless and decisive.
"ONGOING STRIKE: 30+ targets so far, in western and central Iran, including aerial defense systems, missile launchers, regime targets and military command centers. The IDF will continue to degrade the Iranian terror regime’s capabilities until they can no longer threaten our people," the tweet from Israel Defence Force gives out a lot.
Rather than generating deterrence, Iran is deepening the historic rift between itself and the Sunni Arab world. Violations of Gulf state sovereignty push these countries to rely more heavily on the American security umbrella and, in some cases, on emerging regional security frameworks that include Israel. What was meant to intimidate is instead incentivizing alignment.
The notion that the United States will retreat under the pressure of energy coercion is a flawed one .
Washington’s commitment to freedom of navigation and stability in the Gulf energy market is a core component of its global standing.
Attacks on Gulf states are viewed not as peripheral provocations but as direct assaults on vital American interests.
Such actions do not drive the United States out of the region. They compel it to deepen its presence, deploy additional forces, and reinforce defense agreements with regional partners.
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