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Israel's goal in the region is to be able to legitimize itself vis-à-vis other Arab states, without stopping any human rights abuses.

Since the alignment of the gulf states with the US, the only obstacle to that is Iran and Iranian influence.

Because of this, Israel is very willing for Iran to be militarily destroyed, and members of the Israeli government have called for the invasion of Iran multiple times.

Simply self defence is far from the goal. Israel would not be able to survive without changing its internal structure unless the Arab world is dominated by the US which prevents actions that go against Israeli interests.