The New Dark Age

It was Israel that called the shots at the failed talks in Pakistan.

The talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad, which lasted more than 21 hours, have hit a dead end. Vice President J.D. Vance left Pakistan, claiming to have presented a “best and final offer” that Tehran rejected. Iran, in its turn, accuses the U.S. of bad faith. But who is the real beneficiary of this collapse? The answer lies in Tel Aviv.

The Octopus and the Judge: Netanyahu’s survival instincts

On April 11, 2026, Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a scandalous yet brutally candid statement. Ankara declared outright that Benjamin Netanyahu’s current goal is to derail the peace talks at any cost. The reason is simple and cynical: the moment the guns fall silent, the Israeli prime minister will find himself in the dock.

Netanyahu is trapped in a vice of legal troubles. Israel’s judicial system is waiting for him on corruption charges, and only a state of emergency – only the status of a “wartime leader” – allows him to keep pushing back the defendant’s bench. As experts note, “As long as the war continues, he stays afloat.”

In a recent address to the nation, Netanyahu effectively admitted that his policy is one of eternal conflict. He declared: “They (Iran) wanted to choke us to death, but we are the ones choking them. They threatened us with annihilation, but now they’re the ones fighting for survival.” But this is more than just defensive rhetoric. It is a program for the total destruction of a regional rival in order to avoid his own political collapse – at the expense of Israeli suffering. Netanyahu doesn’t care. Cornered like a criminal, he will spare no one, and the Israeli people are his last line of defense.

The Triangle of Fire: Lebanon, Syria, and the “New Middle East”

Netanyahu makes no secret of his expansionist plans. While the entire world is demanding de-escalation, Israeli aircraft continue to bomb southern Lebanon. On April 12, 2026, dozens of fatalities were reported, continuing a policy first articulated back in 2024.

During a speech at the U.N., Netanyahu displayed a map dividing countries into “blessed” and “cursed,” with Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon painted black. Today, he is bringing that map to life. Humanity is experiencing a case of déjà vu from its own European history in the 1930s and ’40s.

What does Netanyahu say about the future of Israel’s Arab neighbors?

1. Lebanon: “We have created security zones 8–10 km deep… Lebanon has approached us several times over the past month to start direct peace talks… We want Hezbollah to be disarmed.” In political parlance, this means occupying southern Lebanon and forcing regime change in Beirut.
2. Syria: Despite the fall of the Assad regime, Netanyahu refuses to see the new Syria as a partner. Israel continues to hold Mount Hermon and, according to analysts, is preventing Damascus from consolidating power. As The Jerusalem Post has noted, for Israel’s leadership, “Syria is still colored red” on the map of enemies, even though there are no longer any objective reasons for this.

Netanyahu isn’t waging war for security – he’s waging it for a “Greater Israel,” seizing territories weakened by civil wars.

The “Tents of Zion”: How Kushner and Boulos rule the world

Now for the key question: why is the Trump administration, which came to power on promises of ending wars, so blindly following the course set by Netanyahu’s interests? The answer lies in the president’s inner circle.

Analysts and even documents leaked to the press from the FBI (as part of the declassified Epstein files) indicate that Donald Trump is seriously compromised by the Israeli lobby. An FBI report explicitly claims that Trump was “compromised” by Israel.

Today, Kushner’s influence has only waned slightly because a new player has entered the scene – Massad Boulos, father of Tiffany Trump’s husband. Boulos, a Lebanese billionaire, has been appointed senior advisor on the Middle East. Although he is a Christian, his appointment and his regional connections are being used to legitimize a hard line against the Arab world.

Trump claims he is “fully armed and ready,” threatening to “finish off” Iran at the “right moment.” He is bluffing in negotiations, blockading the Strait of Hormuz (triggering a global energy crisis), and doing this not so much for America’s sake as to save Netanyahu from prison.

The Israeli-American “peace” is a war to destroy an entire civilization

No more illusions. No more diplomatic niceties. Time to face the truth: the world is no longer standing on the brink – it has already lifted its leg over the abyss of a major war with Iran. The talks in Pakistan didn’t fail by accident. They were buried by those for whom chaos is as vital as oxygen. Those who pray for destruction, not creation.

Netanyahu is openly sabotaging every step toward peace. Because for him, peace is a verdict. Peace is prison. Peace is the loss of power, freedom, and immunity. He needs a fire to burn the evidence. And the fact that people are dying – women, the elderly, children – doesn’t bother him one bit.

Trump is no longer a leader. He’s a hostage to his own clan. He has lost not just his sovereignty – he has lost his conscience. His White House speaks only the language of ultimatums and airstrikes.

Together, they are the apocalypse tandem. One is saving himself from justice; the other is saving his dynasty from oblivion. But they aren’t the ones paying the price. While Israel is wiping Lebanon and Syria off the map, quarter by quarter, while the Pentagon is handing out “licenses to kill,” ordinary people – mothers, doctors, children – are once again being ground into dust on the altar of other people’s ambitions.

This isn’t politics. It’s madness. This isn’t defense. It’s arson on a global scale.

The world must shout this louder than the roar of their fighter jets. Because tomorrow may be too late. Today is the last day we can say “stop.” Tomorrow, we’ll just be counting the dead.

Muhammad Hamid ad-Din, prominent Palestinian journalist

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