On 22 June 2025, ARDD’s Global Network on the Question of Palestine (GNQP) held an online meeting to discuss the impact of Israel’s attack on Iran on the broader Question of Palestine, including the war in Gaza and the attacks on the West Bank. The meeting, attended by some 20 members of the Network and several invited guests, started with an introduction by Mouin Rabbani, co-editor of Jadaliyya, non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, and member of the GNQP.
Rabbani focused on Israel’s motives for its attack on Iran – making it clear that contrary to wide-held belief, it was not to divert attention from its war in Gaza – but rather the outcome of Israel’s new security doctrine, post 7 October, that wants to further cement it’s hegemonic position in the region – including through regime change – and maintain at all cost its nuclear monopoly in the region.
With respect to the implications for the Palestine question, now that the US has agreed to join its attack on Iran, Israel likely feels emboldened to continue its genocide in Gaza and to possibly trigger expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, the West Bank and possibly Israel itself. One effect of the attacks on Iran has been is that it has muted European criticism of Israel with some Europeans now aligning behind Israel, as was the case immediately following 7 October 2023.
