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By: Ahmad Abdelbaset Rjoub

Researcher and Strategic Planner

Since October 7, 2023, the Zionist entity has entered a critical phase in its expansionist project, which was clearly represented in the "Greater Israel" map presented by Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations. Beginning with the war on Gaza, extending to the bombing of Lebanon and Syria, and culminating in direct confrontation with Iran, the question arises: Has the entity succeeded in establishing hegemony over the Middle East? Or is this "power" an illusion, propped up by American military support and fragile alliances?

1. Missing Elements of Hegemony: Between Reality and Myth

True hegemony is not built by missiles alone. It requires:

Political and historical legitimacy: The entity was born from a colonial decision (the Balfour Declaration of 1917) in a land inhabited by 11 million Palestinians, while Jews constitute only 74% of the population within the “Green Line” (excluding the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza).
Demographic strength: Faced with an Arab-Islamic population of over 650 million (with Egypt and Iran alone making up 200 million), the entity depends on Jewish immigration, which is declining yearly.
Economic and military independence: 20% of the Zionist military budget comes from U.S. aid ($3.8 billion annually), and it suffers from one of the highest per capita debt rates in the world.
A telling comparison: Apartheid South Africa was a regional power until the 1980s, but it collapsed due to international isolation and a lack of demographic legitimacy — a scenario that seems to loom over the Zionist entity.

2. Confrontation with Iran: Military Fragility Exposed

The recent war between the Zionist entity and Iran clearly exposed the fragility of Israel’s military strength when stripped of the American umbrella:

Iron Dome failure: Israeli generals admitted that 50% of Iranian missiles penetrated defenses, and only the intervention of U.S. (B-2 bombers) and British aircraft tipped the balance.
Total dependence on the West: Since 1948, the entity has never fought a war without direct Western support (e.g., the U.S. airlift in 1973).
Can a state that relies on constant international support in every battle truly be considered hegemonic?

3. Biblical Claims: Maps That Don’t Match History

The entity promotes the idea of the “Promised Land from the Nile to the Euphrates,” but:

The Bible itself contradicts the Zionist project:
Isaiah 2:4: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” — a call for disarmament, not expansion.
Traditional Christianity rejects the Zionist interpretation: Catholic and Orthodox churches believe that the “promise of the land” ended with the coming of Christ, stripping the Zionist political narrative of any genuine religious cover.
4. American Shifts: The Beginning of the End?

The greatest threat to the Zionist entity may come from within its main ally:

Decline of the Zionist lobby: The election of Muslim mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York (2025), a city with a 14% Jewish population, signals a demographic and political shift.
U.S. intelligence criticism: Tulsi Gabbard, a Hindu Indian (Director of National Intelligence), questioned the Israeli narrative on Iran’s nuclear program, indicating that U.S. support for Tel Aviv is no longer guaranteed.
5. The Abraham Accords: The Illusion of Normalization

Despite official agreements (with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan):

Arab populations reject normalization:
Widespread boycott of Israeli products in the Gulf following the Gaza massacres.
Ongoing solidarity with Palestine in protests and media platforms.
“Cold peace” repeats itself: As seen after the Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994) treaties, where relations remained largely symbolic.
The same fate likely awaits newer agreements, given the lack of trust and grassroots opposition to normalization.

Conclusion: Hegemony or a Prophecy of Collapse?

Today, the Zionist entity resembles a “giant made of clay”: not so much a hegemonic power as a troubled project dependent on external force and a religious-ideological support base that even its allies find unconvincing. The war with Iran, the ongoing attrition in Gaza, and internal American dilemmas all suggest that “Israel” is facing a crisis of survival, not one of leadership.

Final Word: As Yitzhak Rabin once said: “A nation that relies on military force for 50 years will inevitably exhaust itself.”
Are we now witnessing his prophecy come true?