Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream

Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream Submitted by David Hearst on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 08:11 The failure to subdue Iran has halted, or shattered, a much larger ambition: a project to change the shape of the Middle East, with a reborn and rejuvenated 'greater Israel' at its head A woman holds an Iranian flag on a street in Tehran, Iran, on 10 June, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters) On Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran wa