War is a perilous political act aimed at shifting the balance of power. What balance did the United States seek to impose when it launched its war against Iran, and what did it achieve? And what does this mean for Palestine and the region?

What were the objectives of the aggression?

The U.S. administration did not wage the war because of Trump’s unique personality; politicians do have a margin of freedom, but it is limited by the political agenda they have agreed to pursue in the interest of the organized social groups that support them. Nor was it to divert attention from the Epstein case, especially given the limited influence of public opinion in the reality of the capitalist United States. Nor was it because the colony controls it—a simplistic notion that ignores the reality that both the colony and the U.S. involve multiple parties with diverse and conflicting interests; the dynamics among all these parties form a delicate web of influence and interdependence.

In fact, in November 2025, the U.S. administration announced a historic shift in its foreign policy. In its National Security Strategy document, it declared that China poses the most significant threat to the United States and that 35 years of U.S. policies aimed at containing it have failed. It stipulated that the United States’ priority now is to confront China economically and militarily by increasing domestic production, asserting hegemony over the American continent, and de-emphasizing less critical theaters.

The United States has identified what it calls the “Middle East” as one of the regions where it seeks what it termed “final stability,” which would enable it to redirect its resources toward confronting China. It considered Iran and its allies to be........

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