Blowing Up the Iranian-American Memorandum of Understanding from the Beirut Gateway

It seems that the harsh and unprecedented Israeli reactions, both from political and media elites, who said that the Iranian-American memorandum of understanding constituted a resounding defeat for America, greater than its defeat in the Vietnam War, and that it is also tantamount to selling Israel for the cheapest prices, and this was expressed by hostile statements against the two Jews, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, saying that they were bought with Qatari money to support the agreement and the Iranian-American memorandum of understanding, while the fiercest campaign was against US Vice President J.D. Vance, who said that 80% of the weapons Israel fights with are from America. Ben-Gvir told him that Israel is capable of defending itself and does not need anyone's help, and whoever opposes Israel loses, and whoever stands by it wins. It seems that the gap between the priorities of American interests and the requirements of Israeli policy is widening, and this agreement, which granted Iran significant political and economic gains, did not take into account the goals raised by Israel at the beginning of the two wars on Iran (June/2025 and February/2026). Netanyahu, Katz, and Zamir, along with Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Sokot, Strock, and others, said that they would not withdraw from Lebanon or from the Lebanese territories that were occupied, and they would seek to establish new security and political realities, so that any withdrawal from Lebanon would be linked to the disarmament of Hezbollah, and that they would have, even after the withdrawal, freedom of action in Lebanese territories, and security and buffer zones to protect their northern settlements. This was responded to by Sheikh Naim Qassem in his Ashura celebrations speech by saying: There will be no yellow, red, or green lines, no buffer zones, no security zones, and you will leave, and there will be no agreement that infringes on Lebanon's sovereignty and is at the expense of its geography, land, and the rights of its people, their right to return to their villages and land and rebuild them, and through an agreement in which security is mutual, otherwise the field will be the judge. Israel, which rejects the Iranian-American memorandum of understanding, wants to blow up the memorandum and the agreement from the Lebanese gateway, and its military and security leadership said that the American-Iranian agreement does not obligate it. Iran suspended its delegation's trip to Switzerland until America obliges its ally Israel to adhere to the text of the memorandum, which confirmed in its first clause the guarantee of Lebanon's territorial integrity and safety. In contrast, Israel, in its attempt to blow up the agreement, expanded its aggression against Lebanon and against the city of Nabatieh, Kafr Tibnit, and Ali Al-Taher Hill, and launched the widest and fiercest raids since its aggression against Lebanon, which resulted in more than 24 martyrs and dozens of wounded, but it failed to occupy the hill or advance towards the town of Kafr Tibnit, and suffered heavy losses in its soldiers, as four soldiers were killed, including the commander of Battalion 52, and dozens were wounded in ambushes set by the party for them, in which their tanks, armored vehicles, and vehicles were burned and their advance was prevented. The violent Israeli reactions to these heavy losses and the war of attrition by the party, which manages the battle with great efficiency and qualitative tactics, create a state of confusion, turmoil, and fear among the occupation army and its military leaders, which pushed the leaders of the occupation state to say that the southern suburb should be wiped off the map. Ben-Gvir says for every tear of an Israeli mother, there should be a thousand tears for a Lebanese mother, and Smotrich says after the difficult incident in Lebanon: "It's time to speak with fire, open the gates of hell." As for Avigdor Lieberman, leader of "Israel Our Home," he says: "If the Beirut suburb remains as it is after this harsh incident, in which four Israeli army soldiers and officers were killed, it will be a direct failure for the prime minister and the minister of defense." It seems that these people want to get out of the dilemma of the agreement that now threatens their political future, and has brought them harsh reactions from Israeli society, political and media elites, Israeli opposition leaders, and settlement leaders and settlers, which led journalist Avi Eisenkot to say that the campaign known as "Lion's Roar" was nothing but "cat's meow." If Israel undertakes a wide military operation in the southern suburb, and carries out widespread assassinations of military, security, and political leaders of the party and the Lebanese resistance, this means that Iran, which does not see Lebanon as merely an area of influence, but rather as part of its strategic security and national identity, the collapse of the memorandum of understanding with America, and through harsh Iranian military responses, and going to a wider and more comprehensive military round than before, but I do not think that America will fully stand behind Israel in this round, as it will create and deepen the division in the American political stance, and there will be more cracks between the American administration and the occupation state, which may go beyond tactical differences, as well as the Arab Gulf states, perhaps this time they will wake up from their political coma and their detachment from reality, and will not allow Israel to use their airspace and territories to launch its aggression against Iran, and the same applies to America if it participates with Israel in this aggression. In my opinion, the region is heading towards a more comprehensive and wider escalation, as the occupation state will not surrender to the new balance of power, and to Iran being the decision-maker in the region and the area, but this new war and round will not only fail the ambitions of Israel's war-loving leaders and their industry, with the collapse of the goals of those wars to establish what is known as "Greater Israel" and "Great Israel," but will impose new political and security realities on it, and perhaps if the opportunity is seized and the Arab position is united, Israel will be forced to withdraw from all the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian territories it occupied.