Greater Israel Wrecked the Peace Talks
Paul Craig Roberts
Vance: Iran Has Rejected US Peace Terms After 21 Hours of Negotiating in Pakistan
Netanyahu Says War With Iran is ‘Not Yet Over’
“Mr. Netanyahu’s allies have said that Mr. Vance’s statement indicated that the United States and Israel were closely aligned on their conditions for a cease-fire.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-iran-war.html
As I have pointed out, there can be no peace in the Middle East until Israel abandons the Zionist agenda of Greater Israel.
Notice that VP Vance said Iran has rejected the US terms, not that the US has rejected Iran’s terms. So much for Trump’s statement that he accepted Iran’s 10 points as a basis for negotiation. Trump merely seized on Iran’s 10 points as an off-ramp from his threat to destroy Iranian civilization, which he cannot do unless he uses nukes.
Israel has declared that “Turkey is the next Iran.” Currently Israel is bombing Lebanese civilians. After Turkey Saudi Arabia will be next.
It is amazing that Iran gave Trump a ceasefire and time to load up. Iran’s failure to push forward with its military success will mean more Iranian deaths and destruction.
Meanwhile Israel continues to attack Christians:
And the American “Christian Zionists” continue to support Israel.
“Israeli Settlers” say they, not Trump’s resort, are taking over Gaza:
“The people in Gaza are generally terrorists or terrorist supporters and they don’t deserve to live there,” says Neri Abraham, an articulate 19-year-old with ringlets and a knitted kippah as he gestures across the fields to the Gaza fence and the ruins beyond.
“The good ones can stay if they like and live peacefully under Israeli rule but the rest should go to Egypt. And the terrorists? Well, they are terrorists and I don’t care what happens to them,” he adds.
Mr Abraham and his colleagues are “religious Zionists” and are the vanguard of a new and radical social movement sweeping Israeli politics and its institutions.
They are dedicated to the creation of a greater Israel – one which encompasses not just Gaza and the West Bank, but the Golan Heights and parts of southern Lebanon too. [Greater Israel consists of the entirety of the Middle East–“from the Nile to Pakistan.” It formerly was “from the Nile to the Euphrates,” but has been expanded to include the entirety of the Middle East.]
“Israel is moving towards a general election in October and the ruling coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu will be looking for any excuse it can find to upend the Gaza peace process.
“Like the Iran ceasefire, it is seen as something imposed on Israel by the US and many Israelis – such as the religious Zionists – see annexation as a better option.
“At the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank this week, Mr Smotrich provocatively set this vision for a greater Israel.
“There will be expansion in Gaza that will extend our borders. In Lebanon, to the Litani, in Syria, Mount Hermon, parts of the north, south and east,” he told the gathered crowd.
“This is no longer a fringe view in Israel. Roughly 22 per cent of the Jewish population in Israel identify with the religious Zionist movement and support its settlement ambitions.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/11/israeli-settlers-vowing-take-over-gaza/
This is the original Zionist definition of Greater Israel–“from the Nile to the Euphrates.” https://paulcraigroberts.org/greater-israel-defined/
“Turkey is the next Iran”–Former Israeli Prime Minister Bennett
On 17 February 2026, former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, speaking at the Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations, declared: “A new Turkish threat is emerging. Turkey is the new Iran.” He launched the demonization of Turkey, warning that President Erdoğan is “sophisticated, dangerous, and… seeks to encircle Israel.” We will soon be hearing this from the Israeli-American MIGA movement. It won’t be long before dumbshit Americans are wringing their hands over the “Turkish threat.” https://paulcraigroberts.org/turkey-is-the-next-iran/