US inability to restrain Israeli aggression against Lebanon has raised major questions about the trajectory of the Islamabad Understanding and global trust in Trump’s diplomatic approach and peace claims. Meanwhile, recent positions by senior US officials on the Israeli regime have exposed realities that clarify the nature of regional developments, particularly the falsity of the regime’s claims of victory and the US’s direct role in ongoing crises.
Trump: An Admission That Shattered Myth of Israeli Power
US President Donald Trump told Axios: “If it weren’t for my intervention, Israel would have been destroyed.”
Trump’s remarks refer to the Ramadan war and the decisive responses of the resistance front to US and Israeli military aggression. This admission is significant in two respects.
First, Israeli leaders, especially Netanyahu, claim they achieved major gains in regional wars, including against Iran, and retain the capacity for further strikes. Trump’s admission exposes the emptiness of these claims and shows that the regime, without US intervention, cannot even survive for a single day. This is, in essence, an acknowledgment of the resistance’s power, a resistance that has shifted regional equations from action to reaction and from submission to enforced deterrence.
Second, Trump’s remarks reveal the falsehood of claims that Israel acts independently of the US in regional aggression. He had previously stated that a phone call prevented an attack on the Dahiyeh. These remarks should be understood as evidence of US greenlighting of the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon and broader regional aggression.
Today, the US can no longer claim that aggression against Lebanon and violations of the ceasefire are independent Israeli actions. Rather, they must be assessed within the framework of US-driven regional crisis-making. This approach, alongside Washington’s longstanding strategy of managing interests through instability, may also reflect an attempt to extract concessions in the Islamabad Understanding process, though Iran’s deterrent power, including its ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and condition negotiations on core provisions, especially ending the war on all fronts, has significantly challenged this equation.
Vance: An Admission of Israel’s Global Isolation
Another important statement came from US Vice President Vance, who warned Israeli leaders:
“If I were them, I would not attack my only ally. Trump is currently the only world leader expressing sympathy for Israel. Two-thirds of the defensive weapons protecting your territory are manufactured by Americans and funded by US taxpayers.”
Through this sharp statement, Vance, while attempting to respond to growing public and political criticism of US involvement in war on behalf of Israel, ultimately acknowledges a major truth: the global isolation of the Israeli regime.
A regime that once claimed global legitimacy through media dominance and Western support is now, since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, facing such widespread isolation and public anger that, by Vance’s own admission, its only remaining ally is the US. Even then, this “US support” is largely limited to White House officials and segments of the political establishment still influenced by outdated illusions and the Zionist lobby, while 70 percent of the American public reportedly demands an end to aid for Israel.
This isolation has reached a point where even the European Union, under public pressure, has imposed sanctions on some settlers and officials of the regime.
This situation is a major achievement for the resistance front, which, through mobilizing public awareness, standing firm, and exposing the terrorist nature of the Israeli regime, has turned Palestine and opposition to Israel into a central global issue.
Vance’s remarks also serve as further evidence of the falsity of Israeli leadership claims regarding the destruction of the resistance or global dominance. Instead, it is the resistance’s global capacity-building and willpower that has produced Israel’s isolation, while the regime’s reliance on small normalization initiatives such as Somaliland reflects this reality.
US Ambassador’s Remarks: A Hidden Bond Between Washington and Tel Aviv
Another notable statement came from the US ambassador in the occupied territories.
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said: “If Israel did not exist, the United States would not exist.”
While some attribute this to his personal beliefs—similar to his earlier remarks at a major American Jewish organizations’ summit, where he said: “I am a Christian Zionist, and some do not understand what that means. We believe that if Judaism did not exist, Christianity would not exist”, the White House and US State Department’s silence regarding his other statements, including claims of Israel’s right to dominate the entire Middle East and that its war against Lebanon is defensive rather than aggressive, indicates that these positions are not merely personal views but reflect deeper ideological currents within the US political structure.
These remarks show that although figures such as Trump and Vance, under current conditions, have admitted certain hidden truths about US–Israel relations and Israel’s global isolation, their dependence on the Zionist lobby remains intact. Therefore, the resistance and Iran’s position of distrust toward the US is a realistic and rational assessment.
According to this approach, while negotiations continue based on goodwill, there is no trust in the US. Military forces remain on alert, the resistance is fully prepared, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s strategic management remains a key principle in countering violations by the other side.
The ambassador’s remarks show that Washington remains incapable of separating its interests from the Zionist lobby. Therefore, the potential for further US–Israeli aggression and crimes remains constant, and the only effective response lies in the unity of the battlefield, diplomacy, public mobilization, and coordinated resistance fronts, a unity capable of isolating the Israeli regime and compelling the US to accept the legitimate demands of the resistance.
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