Expanded Mideast war may be inevitable.

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This week seems to have been a turning point in the Mideast situation. Israel's attack on Qatar and their doubling down on voicing their right to attack anyone, may be the impetus for a large scale multifront conflict, possibly within weeks, if not days. 

In last week's meeting in Qatar the voiced result was economic sanctions on Israel, but the closed door military meetings were never made public. Directly after, Saudi Arabia and nuclear capable Pakistan signed a comprehensive mutual defense treaty insuring they will be all out allies in any future military conflict. 

Egypt, in effect, has scrapped its 50 year treaty will Israel. Israel has been complaining that Egypt has moved 40,000 troops and other resources into the Sinai, a non militarized zone, according to the treaty. Egypt this weekend told Israel any plan to push people from Gaza into the Sinai will result in war. Some in Israel believe that Sinai should be part of Israel, Egypt has made it clear it is part of Egypt.

It seems everyone expects Israel to resume hostilities with Iran within the coming weeks. In the last few days Iran has again rejected nuclear watchers from the IAEA from entering Iran as they actually were instrumental in Israel's targeting the assassination of Iran's nuclear scientists and their families in June. This will be used as an excuse for the planned attack.

Israel is complaining to the U.S. about Turkey's rhetoric toward Israel, asking for intervention by Trump.  The reality is that it seems the situation is ripe for a widespread conflict at any time, only a dramatic new diplomatic effort can cool off the situation.  It would probably need some concessions from Israel, which seems unlikely. Netanyahu is headed for Washington again, most likely expecting Washington's assurance that it will come to their military assistance in case of war.

With Zelensky also heading to Washington in hopes for security guarantees, it may be time for Trump to to have to make some clear signals as to Washington's commitments. I suspect Zelensky will not get guarantees from Trump, Netanyahu probably, but with concessions. 

You have many in the U.S., in the Christian community, who are diehard supporters of Israel, believing that modern Israel is a creation of god and that its existence will be preserved by divine intervention, if necessary. They believe that an all out conflict will bring about the return of the messiah, Jesus Christ. Some Jews also believe that a messiah will preserve the state of Israel. There are some in the Muslim community, who also have a similar belief, but with different results.

I would expect a different result would be devastating test of their faith. We must remember that Israel, with a population possibly with similar beliefs, was destroyed over 2500 years ago. Is it possible that Armageddon with a biblical view always viewed from Jerusalem, could be a regional event rather than a global event?

Also remember that the Jews of Christ's time rejected a spiritual savior in favor of their hope of a warrior savior. Is Netanyahu their warrior savior today?