Amid the political crisis in Israel, which deepens the crisis of forming a government despite the fourth elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen an overt escalation against Iran, and is heading towards the inevitability of a clash with the administration of US President Joe Biden, who sided with diplomacy with Tehran and went to the Vienna talks in preparation for returning to the nuclear agreement With Iran.

In light of the complexities of the regional scene with the continuation of the Vienna talks with a European initiative, Netanyahu is racing to thwart Washington’s plans to return to the nuclear agreement from which former US President Donald Trump withdrew, while the Israeli Prime Minister continues to provoke Tehran by hinting at Tel Aviv’s role in targeting Iranian targets, the most recent of which is the bombing. The Natanz nuclear facility, where Tehran responded by raising its uranium enrichment level to 60%.

With the announcement of raising the level of Iranian uranium enrichment, an Israeli cargo ship was exposed - Tuesday - to a missile attack off the coast of Fujairah in the UAE, and it is the third Israeli ship that has been targeted in the Gulf waters recently, which reflects the escalation of the open sea confrontation between Tel Aviv and Tehran.

Contrary to what was followed by the various Israeli intelligence services with secrecy and not commenting on any operation carried out against Iranian targets, recent days have been marked by leaks about Israeli attacks attributed to the Mossad against Iranian targets, the most prominent of which is the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

These leaks aroused - according to military analysts - an outrage and fear of the leadership of the Israeli security services, that "there are those who seek to employ tension with Iran and reveal details of operations against Iranian targets for personal motives and interests," in reference to the close relationship between the head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen and the head of the party Likud Netanyahu, who is pushing for Cohen to inherit the Likud leadership.

Signs and evidence indicate that Netanyahu is pushing to create a state of emergency through a gradual escalation with Iran, in order to persuade the leaders of the opposing camp parties to join his government, according to Israeli analysts who believe that Netanyahu's approach to the sea confrontation with Iran and his escalation by provoking the Biden administration comes to thwart the Vienna talks. Senior officials in the security services consider it a "disturbing and dangerous adventure, the repercussions of which cannot be known."

Escalation and clash

Political analyst Akiva Eldar believes that the confrontation between Iran and Israel is linked to the internal crises that afflict Israel, perhaps the most prominent of which is the political crisis and the issue of forming a government, as Netanyahu found himself facing a dead end in everything related to the scenarios for forming a government, or even the stability and continuity of such a government for a long time.

Eldar explained - in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net - that all the possibilities and scenarios for the crisis of forming the government are expected, and also all options are open to confront Iran and even a public clash with the United States of America, which is what Netanyahu is pushing towards him for personal goals and to avoid being thrown in prison on corruption charges, not for security issues National.

The political analyst suggested that whenever the internal crises intensified related to the failure of his efforts to form a stable government, and many scenes of corruption files and evidence that condemned him and his approach to nurturing corruption as a public policy in the country were revealed, Netanyahu would push for more diplomacy or even limited military attacks against Iranian targets, in order to thwart Efforts by President Biden to return to the nuclear agreement with Iran.

But the military analyst clarified that no one can expect how things will develop as a result of Netanyahu's policies of exporting crises and internal issues to the region, especially the Iranian nuclear file, the confrontation with Tehran and the gradual clash with the White House.

From Eldar's point of view, the challenges of Netanyahu and Israel are not limited to the Iranian nuclear program, especially since the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories is still present, as well as the war in Syria, regional interventions in Yemen and Iraq, and the health and economic crises in Israel following the Corona pandemic, saying that "Israel is on a path. It is clogged, and it is located on a hot plate that may explode at any moment. "

Scenarios

The same scenarios and possibilities are expected by the political analyst for "Haaretz" newspaper, Yossi Verter, who explained that the sequence of events in Iran gives the impression that Netanyahu has lost the last brake.

Verter pointed out that in the decisive stage of the prime minister's future and the crisis of forming a government in Israel, there is an open discourse in the political and security system, whereby the question arises: Does Netanyahu seek to ignite a war with Iran or Hezbollah in order to form an emergency government?

In his answer to this question, Verter believes that the sequence of security events against Iran, and the leaks that leave no room for doubt about the identity of the perpetrators, give the impression that "the owner of the house (Netanyahu) has gone crazy, or rather has lost the last of the brakes that were working for him."

He pointed out that a public debate is taking place in the political and security establishments, about whether Netanyahu seeks to ignite a war in order to form an emergency government, as he had suspended the March 2020 elections, where he employed the Corona pandemic to form a government with the head of "Blue and White" Benny Gantz, so that The Iranian scarecrow will be used in the service of his personal and political interests.

Leaks and accusations

The same position was expressed by MK Yair Golan of the Meretz party, who previously held the position of deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army, commander of the home front and commander of the northern region. His political interests, in light of his failure to resolve the elections and stalled negotiations to form a new government in Israel.

Golan explained - in a statement to the media - that Prime Minister Netanyahu, in light of the crisis in forming the government and his trial on corruption charges, "has lost his charm."

The former Israeli army deputy chief of staff expressed his fear that "the talk is not only about uncovering Israeli operations and activities, which are usually secret, but about initiating security operations aimed at serving political needs and interests."

After the Corona pandemic was a lifeline for Netanyahu after the third elections in which he formed an emergency government with Gantz, Golan wonders whether Iran was a lifeline for Netanyahu after the fourth elections, and therefore Golan asked the attorney general of the Israeli government, Avichai Mandelblit, He could not carry out his duties now. "