Israel's attack in response to last week's Iranian attack is more of a message than desire to do some damage. This is what he said in the program "Bulgaria, Europe and the world in focus" on Radio "Focus“ the Arabist and specialist in the field of Middle East politics and Islam Prof. Vladimir Chukov.
In his words, the Israeli response is aimed more at Israeli public opinion, and the goal, he says, is to convince them that the Israeli state can protect its citizens and its interests, but at the same time there should be no escalation. "So what came out as data is that 9 rockets were fired, fired by Israeli planes.“
According to the Arabist, bringing Iran to light in this war was caused by the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, whose building, according to Israel, is used as the headquarters of the "Revolutionary Guard". "This dispute has triggered this cycle of attacks and counter-attacks with a view to proving to public opinion that each country has armed forces, they are strong and can engage in open combat with the opponent,” he explained.
Prof. Chukov expressed the opinion that often the players in this battle, Israel and Iran, settle scores with each other on the territory of a third country – in Syria, Africa, Asia. "The unfortunate thing is that this conflict could escalate and go beyond the borders of the geographically defined countries in the Middle East region. One of these very strong, dynamic and unpredictable conflicts, this is the Israel-"Hamas“ and the future of the Palestinian state,” he remarked.
All these conflict situations and tensions favor the preservation of Netanyahu's political position, the expert also believes, but at the moment "with his government, this assembly he made, he fell into the trap of the far-right, who are very far from democracy and the rule of law, and he is dependent on them,” Prof. Vladimir Chukov is categorical.