Christopher Wright

Right now, 1:45am local time, settler militias are raiding more than 9 Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. From Bethlehem all the way to Nablus, settler pograms are happening everywhere. This began at 12am local time and has not yet stopped 1:45am 3/22/26.

Am I the only one who found the Economist cover a bit melodramatic and jumping the gun? Israel still has full US backing and other countries and is not under nearly enough pressure to stop the war. You know who is alone? Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem

People don’t fully realize how bad things are going to get for everyone. Israel and the U.S. (which denies involvement) struck Iran’s South Pars gas field. In response, Iran targeted Qatar’s North Field. These are two halves of the same reservoir the largest natural gas field on the planet. This single shared field spans about 9,700 km², roughly the size of Qatar itself, and contributes close to 20% of global LNG supply. It took decades and around $70 billion to build the infrastructure. And now, both sides of it have been hit. Even more concerning this field is only about 10% depleted. That means 90% of its gas is still underground. In simple terms, a huge portion of the world’s future energy supply has just become impossible to access. Roughly 35–50% of India’s LNG imports come from here. We are not talking about a short-term disruption. Damage at this scale could take years, possibly a decade, to fully recover from. And the bigger truth is, the global energy landscape may have just been permanently altered for the worse. From an energy perspective, this is dangerously close to a worst-case scenario. Rationing and energy export bans may start appearing in many countries soon. India could follow likely after upcoming state elections pass. Trump knows he messed up. You can believe his denial of involvement in hitting Iran’s South Pars if you want, but realistically, there is almost no chance a strike of this sensitivity happens without full visibility from U.S. Central Command. Operations in that region don’t happen in isolation. At this point, it looks like the U.S. has lost control of its own foreign policy direction. The greatest miscalculation for Trump may not have been the strike itself but allowing the situation to escalate into this war in the first place. He thought Iran, weakened by sanctions, internal pressure, and prior U.S.–Israeli strikes on its nuclear infrastructure, would quickly fold and unconditionally surrender after initial shocks, including high-level assassinations. But that assumption now looks flawed. Instead of collapse, Iran responds with escalation. That is why a bully like Trump is posting “NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE” But it will be extremely difficult for Iran to return to any meaningful dialogue with US since they have repeatedly shifted from negotiations to military action.

🇮🇷🇶🇦🇺🇸 Massive Fire engulfing the sky over Ras Al-Fuja', Qatar, after it was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles in latest wave.

QatarEnergy’s Ras Laffan Industrial City to the north of Doha, Qatar's main site for the production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid, as well as the largest export terminal for LNG in the world, has been heavily targeted tonight by ballistic missiles fired by Iran. Extensive damage to the site and several facilities are being reported by QatarEnergy.