Israel’s goal in Iran is not just regime change, but complete collapse – Mondoweiss

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting an Israeli Air Force base in southern Israel to meet Israeli and U.S. pilots taking part in the war on Iran, on March 5, 2026. (Photo: x.com/IsraeliPM)

Israel’s goal in Iran is not just regime change, but complete collapse

For Israel, a failed Iranian state fractured by civil war is preferable to any other outcome. They don’t want to just change the regime in Iran, they want to collapse the state itself.