OPINIONS

Tue 13 Jan 2026 8:14 am - Jerusalem Time

The Last-Minute Race!

Ibrahim Melhem

Ibrahim Melhem

Opinion Writer

Alongside the clouds and rain, dangerous signs of escalation gather in the region's sky, expressed by the urgent news flashing on screens and visible evidence on the ground, from drills, precautions, and movements on land and in warm waters, in a scene that brings to mind the critical hours that preceded the twelve-day war on Iran last June.


With a stick at times, and a carrot at others, the man infatuated with his narcissism and excess power, who has accustomed us to saying one thing and its opposite, when he speaks of peace, you should know that he is preparing to ignite fires, and when his morals are his standards, you should know that nothing restricts him from achieving his goals, and that "morals" for him are not a constraint but a means, changing with his interests that fiercely clash with international norms and laws.

 

Yesterday, he "snapped" at a CNN correspondent who was accompanying him on the presidential plane, describing her question as "stupid" when she inquired whether Iran would take his threats seriously. 


He practices politics as an arena for evasion, settling scores, making gains, and multiplying investments, where diplomacy for him is merely a "warrior's rest" where he gathers firewood and pours oil on the stove to ignite the next fire.

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