Why Israel must prepare for an independent, open-ended war against Iran and its proxies - opinion

Jonathan Pollard argues that Israel must prepare for an independent, open-ended war against Iran and its proxies after a potential joint US-Israeli air campaign. He warns that a short US strike would leave the IRGC undefeated and calls for dismantling Iran's proxies, energy grid, and military-industrial complexes, plus a domestic crash program for advanced missiles.

Jonathan Pollard argues that Israel must prepare for an independent, open-ended war against Iran and its proxies following a potential joint US-Israeli air campaign. He warns that US planning envisions a short, high-intensity strike that would leave the IRGC undefeated and Israel vulnerable to retaliation. Pollard calls for systematically dismantling Iran's proxies — Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas — and expanding targets to Iran's energy grid, hydrocarbon exports, and military-industrial complexes. He also urges a domestic crash program to develop advanced missiles, including IRBMs with MaRVs, HGVs, and HCMs, to establish a unilateral deterrent. The piece frames this as a necessary shift from participation to an independent, sustained campaign of containment.