Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy has offered a rare and necessary intervention: speak truth to power, or risk perpetuating endless war. His warning resonates far beyond current tensions with Iran.
Today’s crisis cannot be understood without history. The 1953 overthrow of Iran’s elected government—driven by foreign interests in its oil—installed the Shah and empowered the brutal SAVAK apparatus. That injustice directly fed the 1979 revolution. Yet the U.S. and U.K. still refuse to fully acknowledge this past or offer apology and repair. Without truth, there can be no lasting peace.
Equally, assumptions that conflict will spark regime change in Iran are detached from reality. Such thinking ignores both history and human cost.
Grave moral questions also arise in Gaza and the West Bank. The scale of suffering demands urgent action: humanitarian access, protection of civilians, and meaningful steps toward justice and reconciliation, including reparative measures and open channels for aid.
Leadership must also be scrutinized. If Donald Trump was influenced toward war by Benjamin Netanyahu, accountability is essential. No nation’s decisions should be driven by another’s strategic aims.
The purpose of humanity is not domination, but to build a more just, compassionate world. Without truth, accountability, and moral courage, we risk the opposite.
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