Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
@BonnieLass
The Islamic Revolution, 1979.
The Israeli commando rescue operation at Entebbe, during which P.M. Netanyahu's brother was killed, 1976.
Are you asserting some connection between Iran, pre-revolution, and the Entebbe hostage incident? Or that Netanyahu seeks to avenge a different brother?
Both.
Yoni was killed during the Entebbe raid to free the hostages who were being held by more than one faction. Bibi has always considered all terrorists are aided and abetted by Iran, whether by training, by weapons and / or by indoctrination, since Yoni died. Regardless of truth, his thinking is that all factions lead to Iran. From the death of Yoni, his goal in life was to remove the mother of all factions...Iran. The false story that circulated regarding the death of Iddo that stated he was killed by an Iranian drone in Tel Aviv would have, if only temporarily, made the desire to decapitate the snake that feeds the factions even stronger for Bibi. The lie about Iddo originated from Iranian sources, it effectively goaded him.....and perhaps, as a result of the treatment he was receiving for his ill health, that goading and his anger inevitably had an effect in that he, through his forces, took more risks against his personal enemy, Iran.
(As a footnote, it should be remembered that since 1992, Bibi has constantly reminded the Knesset that Iran's nuclear dreams were only "2 or 3 years away" and in 1995 he even wrote a book on the subject that not only discussed the nuclear dreams but also the links tween Iran and the various terror factions....in 2023 he associated 90% of the problems in the ME were caused by Iran. Bibi is totally fixated which, along with his recent cancer treatment, has completely clouded his sense of judgement and decision making)
A very interesting read in regard to this fixation was written in June 2025 by an Indian Army Veteran, Colonel Mayank Chaubey (Retd)
Whispers of War, Echoes of Warnings: The Bibi Factor Behind Operation Midnight Hammer
For over three decades, Netanyahu has been the global face of Israeli apprehension over Iran. His speeches have never been lacking in drama or urgency. He didn’t just warn; he sounded alarms. Not once, but over and over again, with timelines that seemed to reset with each passing year. As early as 1992, Bibi thundered in the Knesset that Iran was just “three to five years” away from building a nuclear bomb. In 1995, in his book Fighting Terrorism, he doubled down on the same timeline. And since then, he’s rarely gone silent.
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There is something tragic, almost Shakespearean, about Netanyahu’s arc. Like Cassandra of Troy, he has been predicting doom for decades. But unlike the mythical seer, Netanyahu has had power - real, executive power - to act on his convictions. From his first tenure as Prime Minister in 1996 to his record-breaking re-election streak, Bibi has made Iran the singular thread in his foreign policy tapestry.
In 2002, while not in office, he stood before the U.S. Congress and warned about Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, linking Iraq’s nuclear ambitions with Iran’s. The U.S., following a similar belief, invaded Iraq in March 2003. Iran, in turn, expanded its regional influence in the chaos that followed.
By 2009, Netanyahu was back as Prime Minister and stood at the United Nations General Assembly, declaring Iran’s nuclear program “the gravest threat to our existence since the War of Independence.” He wasn’t alone in thinking so. Mossad reports, IAEA findings, and Western think tanks often concurred on Tehran’s pursuit of enrichment. But it was Netanyahu’s tone, apocalyptic, visceral, that often set him apart.
His 2012 cabinet meeting birthed the infamous “axis of evil” rhetoric aimed at Assad’s Syria, Hezbollah, and Iran. By 2013, speaking directly to the Iranian people via BBC Persian, he warned that a nuclear Iran would plunge them into “eternal servitude.” In 2014 and beyond, he returned to the UN podium, each time with a prop, a diagram, or a deadline, each time reiterating the same message with new urgency.