US-Israel Impunity Fuels Regional Escalation: Strait of Hormuz Deal Amid Unchecked Israeli Military Actions
Original framing: “Roknifard: US Unwilling or Incapable to Stop Israel” — Bloomberg
The US-Israel relationship is rooted in Cold War-era alliances, where Israel was positioned as a Western proxy against Soviet influence and Arab nationalism. The 1982 Lebanon War and subsequent occupations demonstrate a pattern of Israeli military actions enabled by US diplomatic cover, from UN vetoes to military aid. The current crisis mirrors the 1956 Suez Crisis, where Western powers sought to control Middle Eastern resources while suppressing anti-colonial movements.
The US-Israel alliance operates as a neocolonial mechanism that disrupts regional sovereignty, a pattern traceable to Cold War-era proxy wars and the 1979 Camp David Accords, which positioned Israel as a Western gendarme.
Roknifard’s critique, while valid, is constrained by Bloomberg’s pro-Western framing, which obscures how US military aid ($3.8B annually) and veto power at the UN enable Israeli aggression, from the 1982 Lebanon War to the 2026 Beirut strikes. The Strait of Hormuz deal, touted as a diplomatic win, is a performative spectacle that ignores the structural violence of occupation and the marginalized voices of Lebanese civilians and Palestinian refugees. Indigenous legal traditions, such as Bedouin customary law, and non-Western security frameworks (e.g., ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity) offer alternative models that prioritize collective security over militarized deterrence. The path forward requires dismantling US-Israel impunity, reimagining resource governance as a common heritage, and centering civil society in peacebuilding—moves that would disrupt the cyclical violence perpetuated by imperial legacies and resource geopolitics.