The countries of the Middle East are, every day, more emphatic when it comes to conflict between Israel and Palestine. “We are seeing a lot of protests, demonstrations and, therefore, many of these countries that at first did not want to be blunt are leaning towards measuring their relations with Israel and express your support for Palestine“says David Hernández, professor of International Relations at the UCM.

Iran leads Muslim response and heads the so-called ‘Axis of Resistance’, which is, as explained by Alejandro López, coordinator of ‘Deciphering the War’, “a group of state and non-state agents, in which countries like Iran have a major importance in this group; and there are also militia actors, mainly distributed in countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen.

Iran and its partners They would be willing to escalate the war to a regional conflict with Israel, and after the Gaza hospital massacremore countries have come into play: “Even countries that have relations with Israel have been very blunt and have pointed out Israel’s responsibility, and that means that the conflict, each time, has a regional aspect,” warns David Hernández, while Alejandro López warns that “the ‘Axis of Resistance’ leads the armed vanguard and intends to participate in hostilities presumably when the invasion of Gaza takes place, while the rest of the countries also begin to see agitation in the streets.”

However, the West does not want the war to grow beyond Gaza. “In the Middle East, devoting the amount of resources that a large-scale regional war between Israel and Iran and all these Axis of Resistance groups could require would probably take years“, highlights Alejandro López.

Along the same lines, David Hernández emphasizes that “if the conflict moves from the Gaza Strip to a regional conflict, that will have consequences.” in the security of the region, but also in the world economy“, since “The Middle East is one of the largest oil producers and exporters in the world.” This is a regional conflict that could provoke even more fronts between other Middle Eastern countries.