Neither side is listening to international calls to back down. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Saturday that Israeli strikes had “paved a path to Tehran” and that the Israeli air force would soon be seen flying over the Iranian capital. Speaking to the nation in a video, just hours after several barrages of Iranian missiles sent millions of Israelis into bomb shelters and killed three people, Netanyahu said, “We will strike every site and every target of the ayatollahs’ regime.”

He added: “What they have felt until now is nothing compared to what they will feel from the might of our forces in the coming days.”

The half-cycle turning point was 2015.2 on our models for the confrontation of religions, which coincided with the very issue we face today. That marked the relations between Iran and Israel, which became a major and highly contentious issue in 2015, primarily due to the finalization and signing of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA – Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). The JCPOA Negotiations and Signing (Finalized July 14, 2015) was an agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Israel, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was vehemently and vocally opposed to the deal. This is not the big one on a religious front, but increased conflicts and tensions will mark the second half of this 309.6-year cycle.

This conflict is expanding, and Europe is at extreme risk of civil unrest in just about all major cities, as many will see this as the West vs Islam. Here is the PEW Research on this confrontation between the West and Islam. The real problem is that terrorism creates the FALSE image that this is all Muslims vs Non-Muslims, Jewish or Christian. A small group can alter the image of a majority. Prosecutors in New York would ensure that a black youth charged with gun possession would get an all black jury. The problem was that the Black community was biased against these Black people, seeing that their actions created discrimination against all Black people. The militant Arabs will do this in Europe, making the false image that this is all Muslim vs non-Muslim.

This conflict will likely escalate, and some may turn it into a religious issue. We must understand what is unfolding here. The image on a religious front is more than 50% in Germany, France, Britain, and Spain.