Donald Trump, Imperialism and the Long US-Israeli War on Iran (opens in new tab)

The US-Israeli war is the product of an imperialist dynamic which has characterised US-Middle East relations since at least the second half of the twentieth century. This imperialist dynamic centres around the region’s economic and strategic significance including, crucially, control over oil and trade routes. The existence of Israel has long been integral to maintaining that control, writes Mehdi Shakarchi The post first appeared on .