The Myth of Greater Israel vs. the Reality of the Expanding Ayatollah’s Empire
Let’s put an end to one of the laziest, loudest lies circulating in certain circles - particularly among those with low information and even lower IQ. Every time I criticize the Iranian regime and its exploitation of the Palestinian cause for its own regional ambitions, someone parrots the tired line:
“Israel will invade you next! You Gulfies are next! Greater Israel is coming!”
Really? Let’s talk facts, not fantasies.
The “Greater Israel” Myth: A Misused Scripture and a Geopolitical Impossibility
This so-called map of Greater Israel - stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, from Cairo to Baghdad and Damascus to the Hijaz - is often shown by propagandists as “evidence” of Israeli expansionism. They cite an ancient verse from the Torah, in which God promises Abraham’s offspring land between the two rivers. But that’s not a map of a future Israeli state - it’s a theological metaphor about the descendants of Abraham, who include both the Jews (sons of Isaac) and Arabs (sons of Ishmael). Hence the Abrahamic Accords.
If anything, that land is already inhabited by both lineages - prophecy fulfilled. Case closed.
Now Let’s Get Real: Israel’s Actual Capabilities
Let’s talk logistics. Israel has around 6–7 million Jews. Its military is robust, yes - but even with its advanced weaponry, it doesn’t have the manpower to invade, hold, and govern countries like:
•Egypt (120 million people)
•Iraq (45 million)
•Syria (30 million)
•Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait…
The very idea is militarily absurd - a fantasy only believed by the historically and strategically illiterate.
Even when Israel did occupy territory - like the Sinai - it gave it back in exchange for peace, as President Sadat of Egypt discovered in 1979. Israel returned a territory three times the size of pre-1967 Israel because they wanted stability, not imperial overreach.
The Real Expansionist Empire: The Islamic Republic of Iran
Now contrast this with the reality on the ground: Tehran, not Tel Aviv, has built a real-world empire over the past 20 years - one that controlled or influenced:
•Baghdad 
•Damascus 
•Beirut 
•Sanaa 
Iran spent $250 billion propping up terrorist militias and proxy regimes - not to spread peace, but to export the revolution of the “hidden Imam”, a messianic theocracy led by unelected clerics.
And the price?
•2 million deaths in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen
•25 million displaced
•A shattered Lebanon, a butcher in Damascus, and a civil war that just recently ended.
Iran didn’t just expand ideologically. It did so with guns, bombs, drones, and propaganda - all while weaponizing sectarianism and exploiting groups like Hamas, turning Palestinians into martyrs for Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Who Carried This Empire on Their Backs?
It wasn’t just the IRGC and Hezbollah. They had plenty of help:
•Low-education, low-awareness Shia populations, easy to radicalize
•Sunni Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood, who willingly played the role of Tehran’s mules, carrying the Ayatollah’s agenda into Arab capitals
Final Word to the “Gulfies are Next” Crowd
Enough with this nonsense. Israel is not coming to invade Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi, or Kuwait. Not because of some great benevolence - but because they can’t, and more importantly, they don’t need to.
The greater threat has always been Tehran’s empire - the Greater Islamic Republic - not some ancient myth about Greater Israel on a coin or a meme.
So next time you want to sound clever, try not repeating 40-year-old propaganda from Qom. The fire in the region didn’t start from Tel Aviv. It started - and still burns - from Tehran.
