First emerging during last year’s Israeli-American-led Twelve-Day War, the conflict’s 2026 iteration has now stretched into its fifth month, fueling growing suspicions that it may become permanent.
In this week’s Globalists, Josh White and Mitchell Plitnick unpack the war’s complexities and explain why, despite Iran’s battlefield success, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump won’t stop fighting.
Photography courtesy of the Department of War. Published under a Creative Commons license.
