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# It’s all Israel’s fault
- URL: https://otherwise.ghost.io/its-all-israels-fault-763/
- Published: 2025-08-19T16:54:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T13:43:49.000Z
- Description: (And other Middle East fairy tales)
- Author: Khaled Salih
- Tags: Podcast, #Migrated-1792244264359, #Import 2026-10-17 14:38

By Khaled Salih

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[Try to locate Israel on the map!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Muslim%5Fworld%5Fmap.png?ref=otherwise.ghost.io)

On 18 August 2025, the official website of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published an article titled “Building the dream of ‘Greater Israel’ on the ruins of Arab lands; Does Israel ensure security or undermine it?” \[Khamenei 20250818\] in which the core argument is that Israel:

- is inherently expansionist, and from its founding in 1948, Israel has pursued a long-term strategy of “Greater Israel,” an empire stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates;
- its existence rooted in occupation, as Israel was established by displacing Palestinians, seizing their lands, and continuing to expand through wars (1948, 1967, 1982) and settlements;
- has an endless appetite for Arab land, evident in annexing Palestinian territories, occupying parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt, and expanding settlements; Israel allegedly proves it cannot coexist peacefully; and
- is a threat to regional security, because its nature is colonial and imperial, and normalisation with Israel only empowers aggression and undermines Arab security.

In short: Israel is portrayed as a colonial project, permanently bent on territorial expansion, empire-building, and destabilising the region.