# Netanyahu Speaks of the “Iranian Threat”… While the World Stands Before the Real Danger: Israel

Mohieddin Ghunaim
In a scene that reflects the height of political paradox, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech addressed to his people and to the Iranian public, attempting to portray Iran as “the greatest threat to the world.” It was a speech that appeared to be yet another attempt to reshape reality, reverse facts, and present the executioner as the victim.
Yet the fundamental question remains: Who is the real threat that has endangered regional and international stability for decades?
Is it a state that has not occupied lands beyond its borders?
Or an entity that was established upon occupation, displacement, and forced expulsion?
Since 1948, the Middle East has witnessed no conflict more persistent or more devastating than the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Millions of Palestinians have been displaced, cities destroyed, and entire generations born under siege, bombardment, and fear. Today, the world continues to witness an open war on the Gaza Strip, where mass killings, starvation, and blockade persist amid an international silence that borders on complicity.
Netanyahu speaks of a global threat while Israel possesses a nuclear arsenal that remains outside international oversight and continues to refuse joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, even as severe sanctions and pressures are imposed on other states under the pretext of preventing nuclear proliferation. It is a glaring political double standard governed by power rather than law.
More dangerously, Israeli rhetoric is no longer aimed solely at justifying domestic policies or military operations; it has become a tool to prepare global public opinion for new wars in the region. Whenever the Israeli government faces internal crises or growing international isolation, the “Iranian threat” conveniently returns as a ready-made justification for escalation.
The reality Netanyahu seeks to ignore is that the region’s cycle of recurring wars has largely stemmed from ongoing occupation, policies of force, and the rejection of any just solution to the Palestinian cause. There can be no genuine discussion of global security while an entire people continues to live under occupation and blockade.
The most dangerous aspect of Netanyahu’s discourse is not the accusation against Iran itself, but the attempt to redefine the very meaning of threat — diverting attention away from occupation, daily violations, and a reality in which military power has replaced international justice.
The world today does not need new speeches of fear, but the courage to acknowledge the truth: peace cannot be born under bombardment, and security cannot stand upon the ruins of nations.
And if Netanyahu truly seeks the source of danger in the Middle East, perhaps he should first look into the mirror.
Writer from Jordan