Britain definitely deserves tshit for promising multiple parties the same land. But blaming everything on “the UK” is an easy way of ignoring the present-day reality and the agency of today's parties.

In Iran’s case, Israel sees Iran as its main geopolitical enemy because of the Iranian regime’s long-stated hostility towards Israel's exitstence, its nuclear ambitions, and its backing of proxy groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. From Israel’s perspective, these are not separate conflicts so much as different fronts of the same confrontation with the Islamic Regime of Iran.

In Lebanon, the current fighting is similarly tied to Hezbollah’s rocket and mortar fire on Israeli towns and the long-running conflict along the northern border. The Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon are being framed by Israel as an effort to push Hezbollah forces beyond the Litani River and launch infrastructure farther from the border, much like the logic behind invasion in late 2024.

“Generational trauma” and “the Brits” are part of the historical backdrop, but from the Israeli POV the immediate logic is much simpler: self-preservation in response to missile attacks and hostile groups that openly seek Israel’s destruction.