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Regional Dominion: Pipelines, a Six-Sided Alliance, and the Gulf

Most talk about Greater Israel is about land: the West Bank, southern Lebanon, the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, or, at the widest, everything from the Nile to the Euphrates. But some of the sharpest analysts argue that since the 2026 wars with Iran and Lebanon, Greater Israel has come to mean something bigger than borders: Israel as the dominant power of the whole region, with its neighbors dependent on it for security, trade, and energy. This page lays out that argument and the words of Israeli leaders behind it.

The main source is an essay by Mazen Al-Najjar, described in the repost as "a researcher in history and sociology," published on 14 May 2026. It summarizes the analysis of Daniel Levy, "a former Israeli negotiator," in an article for The Guardian, and of John Hoffman, "an American researcher at the Cato Institute." The essay was reposted in English by Elisabeth Eliseeva (Elisabeth Eliseeva on X, 16 May 2026). The Guardian and Cato pieces were not opened for this page; quotes of Levy and Hoffman below are as Al-Najjar renders them.

Evidence rating: STRONG that Israeli leaders have described a regional order with Israel at its center and tied it to the war with Iran.

"Not only a project of territorial expansion"​

Levy's argument, as summarized in the Wikipedia text on Greater Israel that noctem26 posted, is that "After the start of the 2026 Iran War and the 2026 Lebanon War," Greater Israel for Netanyahu "is not only a project of territorial expansion but also of regional dominion. Israel would have to outbalance Iran and weaken the Gulf Cooperation Council countries." If the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb were closed by Iran's response to the war, "fossil fuel exports from the Gulf would have to be routed to Israeli ports," and Israel "would be the key of an 'hexagon of alliances' with India and other Arab, African, Mediterranean and Asian states. Israeli strategists plan further regional control without holding territory" (Wikipedia text posted by noctem26 on X, 17 June 2026).

Al-Najjar puts it this way: Greater Israel "goes beyond the idea of regional expansions and settlements, crystallizing into a broad geopolitical project for regional hegemony," which "entailed involving America in the war, along with a deliberate attempt to weaken the Gulf states."

Netanyahu's own words​

The analysis rests on what Netanyahu himself said, as Al-Najjar quotes him:

  • A six-sided alliance. Days before the war, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel, Netanyahu described "an integrated system, like a six-sided alliance around or within the Middle East," comprising "India, Arab states, African states, Mediterranean states (Greece and Cyprus), and Asian states," with Israel as the linchpin.
  • Pipelines to Israel. After Iran's response shut the Gulf's sea routes, Netanyahu called for "alternative routes to the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab," predicting "the extension of oil and gas pipelines westward through the Arabian Peninsula to Israel, and then to our ports on the Mediterranean."
  • A superpower. In later speeches, Al-Najjar writes, Netanyahu began calling Israel a "regional superpower," and sometimes a "global superpower." A video posted in March 2026 is captioned with his words: "We are working on transforming Israel into a supernation in the region and globally" (Red Pill USA on X, 31 March 2026).
  • "I promised you." Al-Najjar writes that seven weeks after launching the operation with Donald Trump, Netanyahu said: "I promised you that we would change the face of the Middle East." See "Change the Face of the Middle East".

Al-Najjar adds that Netanyahu promised to deploy the alliance against "the radical Shiite axis… and the emerging radical Sunni axis," and that "Israel was quick to name its next target: Türkiye." Levy made the same point in an interview with Afshin Rattansi, who reported: "Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy told us that after Iran, Israel's next target is Türkiye" (Afshin Rattansi on X, 7 May 2026).

"Queen of the jungle"​

Al-Najjar cites a Hebrew-language article by two senior figures at the Israeli military's official strategy institute, which argues that the army will not only invade and occupy territory but will achieve "operational control in areas far from Israel, without actual control on the ground." Israel would be given "a superior status as the queen of the jungle," establishing "a regional order that promotes Israel's objectives." Levy also notes that, days before the war, two former Israeli security leaders wrote in the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security that the main Sunni states saw the overthrow or severe weakening of Iran's regime as consolidating Israel's position as the dominant regional power.

Why the Gulf was hit​

On this reading, the damage to the Gulf states in the Iran war was not an accident. Al-Najjar writes: "Achieving this requires not only the collapse of Iran, but also the weakening of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, forcing them to rely on Israel for security and energy exports. The repercussions of war and the targeting of Gulf states by Iranian drones and missiles can be seen as a deliberate Israeli strategy, not merely a side effect." When Israel struck Iranian energy infrastructure, Iran bombed areas in the Gulf states, as it had threatened. The educator Jiang Xueqin described the same logic in March 2026: "the GCC is being destabilized. Saudi Arabia will likely be drawn into the war, and possibly Turkey too. This conflict allows Israel to reshape the Middle East in its image" (RusWar on X, 22 March 2026, caption summary of his interview with Tucker Carlson).

The cost to America​

John Hoffman of the Cato Institute, as Al-Najjar summarizes him, argues that "the 'Greater Israel' vision is based on the hubris of believing that Washington and its partners can reshape the region by force alone," that "For thirty months, Washington supported Israel's aggressive regional campaign, incurring the heavy political, economic, and strategic costs," and that "Israel's post-October 7 vision is clearly endless and exacts a heavy price from the United States because it ... can only be realized by Washington protecting Israel from the consequences of its aggression." He recommends ending U.S. support for the project. Al-Najjar reports that, according to Levy, talk of a Greater Israel is "a typical wartime exaggeration," and answers that "recent Israeli policy shows otherwise": "A permanent militaristic mindset is deeply ingrained in Israel's political class."

For Americans, the practical meaning is simple. A regional hegemony built on keeping Iran down and the Gulf dependent needs American ships in the Gulf, American bases, and American missile defense. Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene put it in one line: "Our military has been degraded to the Strait of Hormuz police because Trump is controlled by Miriam Adelson and Israel" (Marjorie Taylor Greene on X, 20 July 2026).

Status: Daniel Levy, Mazen Al-Najjar, John Hoffman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Jiang Xueqin, Afshin Rattansi, Miriam Adelson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are alive. Nothing on this page states that any of them committed a crime.

Sources​

Research captures: twitter/t19__v223.md, twitter/t21__v241.md, twitter/t22__v258.md, twitter/t29__v342.md, twitter/t18__v211.md, twitter/t28__v325.md

Last Updated: 2026-09-26

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