Airline Cancellations Mount Amidst US-Israeli Aggression, Not 'Conflict Escalation'
International airlines including Lufthansa, KLM, and Emirates have announced further cancellations and rerouting of flights across the Middle East. These decisions are being made in response to ongoing US-Israeli military strikes and implied threats against Iran, following Iran's retaliatory actions against Israeli targets that the US directly participated in defending. The New Arab, among other
outlets, frames these cancellations as a consequence of a generalized 'Middle East conflict escalation,' effectively washing its hands of the true aggressors. What mainstream coverage like The New Arab conveniently omits is that this 'escalation' is not a spontaneous eruption; it is the predictable outcome of a protracted campaign of US and Israeli provocations and direct military actions. The
narrative offered to the public suggests a symmetrical conflict, implying all parties bear equal responsibility, when in fact, the US is a direct participant and joint aggressor in the current hostilities, providing air defense, intelligence, and logistical support for Israeli strikes while also maintaining its own significant military footprint in the region. This deliberate obfuscation allows
for a broader strategic objective: preparing the geopolitical ground for further attacks on Iran while portraying the Islamic Republic as the sole destabilizing force. This manufactured neutrality sidesteps decades of US foreign policy in the region, particularly the 62-year-long economic embargo on Cuba, which represents a continuous act of aggression against a sovereign nation, mirroring the