When Will the Iranian-Israeli Game End?

The Middle East is in need of peace and is rich in the military escalation between conflicting parties, whether they are states or organizations. However, the game of balances puts the entire region on the brink of collapse, as the game between Tel Aviv on one side and Iran and its arms in the region on the other has become exhausting for countries and peoples in the area, particularly since both parties have put us in a game of agreed-upon wars. Each party informs the other of the limits of its military attack and its timing. This game has attracted Washington, which was informed through intermediaries of the limits of Iranian retaliation for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. The situation is repeating itself as Israel has informed Lebanon through international parties that it is not interested in entering a comprehensive confrontation with Hezbollah. In principle, this is a welcome development, as the peoples of this region, like all peoples of the earth, want peace, security, and stability. Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, have repeatedly attempted to defuse tensions and disputes, but we have two observations regarding this Israeli-Iranian approach: first, it is a dangerous strategy; it plays on the edge of the abyss and the possibility of comprehensive escalation remains relevant. The second observation is that it relies on a strategy of managing the conflict more than resolving it. To grasp the magnitude of the disaster from this logic, it suffices to look around the region to witness the catastrophic tragedy in Gaza, the maritime disaster in the Red Sea, the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, and the economic disaster in Lebanon, which could turn into a massive humanitarian catastrophe, in addition to Syria becoming a battleground and, finally, the massacre of young Syrians in the town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights. Hassan Nasrallah described the ongoing war between Hamas and Iranian organizations in the region with Israel as a war that will be decided by points rather than by a knockout. However, it is clear that his party could not assist Hamas in any way, neither by points nor otherwise, despite its claims that it can reach all areas in Israel. Nonetheless, it did not target airports or areas surrounding Gaza; rather, the limits of operations remained confined to distracting Israeli forces without intervening directly or indirectly in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. On the other hand, Israel has not decisively resolved any of the conflicts, as it claims; all it has done is inflict harm and disasters on civilians, and although it accuses Iran of being the engine behind all these conflicts, it is content with punishing Palestinian civilians. If Iran and its arms on one side and Israel on the other do not want or cannot resolve the conflict in favor of either party, then the game of managing it has become a tedious and ridiculous game. The more it recurs, the more absurd and meaningless it becomes.