PJN interviewed David Garrett to get his opinion on the current war of decapitation being waged by the state of Israel and its American partners against the radical Islamic regime of Iran. With a vast body of philosophical work and author of recent open letters to Alexander Dugin to challenge some of his ideas that could lead to an increase in antisemitism around the world, the interviewee agreed to our request.

Beginning on 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States engaged in coordinated joint attacks on various sites in Iran. Codenamed Operation Roaring Lion by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the United States, the attacks have targeted key Iranian officials, military commanders, and facilities. What are your thoughts on this and how do you feel?

DG - I dislike any war and much less involving a mountainous territory eighty times larger than Israel and an impressive missile capability. It doesn't surprise me that a Sino-Russian economic and military trap is being set to further destabilize the already weakened collective West. For many years I was an advocate for an agreement between Israel and Iran. Perhaps fueled by some historical romanticism, I believed that a renewal of the alliance between Jews and Persians would be possible because their shared history was positive, and between Jews and Muslims for the same reasons. I had lengthy meetings on this topic with editors of Israeli newspapers, with members of B'nai B'rith in Washington, and even with Iranians currently residing in Israel. They all told me that any agreement would be impossible because the Iranian regime respected neither Persian nor Muslim history, but only the will of the Muslim Brotherhood to destroy the Jewish state. It may seem strange and stubborn of me, but I'm not sure they're entirely right. I saw a lot of passion and effusiveness in their explanations, perhaps too much. The Jewish people have always found possible paths throughout history.

Is the world at war, or is this just a localized military action that will end with time?

DG - A World Moral War is underway, at the same time as another with gunpowder entertains the masses and the simple. The last one exists in matters of energy and for spheres of influence. Any miscalculation could result in an atomic disaster. If vanity replaces prudence, if fantasy replaces knowledge of history, then we risk not being alive tomorrow. However, the Moral War is far more relevant for me and to the mental health of humanity.

What do you mean? What does this have to do with Iran?

DG - Give me a minute and I'll get to Iran. First, the World Moral War. Judeo-Christian theism unites the current Israeli, American, and Russian administrations, which are committed to defending their countries' traditions, while crude atheism and radical Islam unite millions of people who apparently still haven't understood that they are close to plunging into the void, as military empires have always defined the next civilization in each era. There is a fierce dialectical tension between the military powers and those who have wagered on destroying traditional values and replacing them with aberrations to infantilized peoples and that make them incapable of halting the discreet but firm advances of the Muslim Brotherhood.

This apparent axiological unity that unites US, Russia and Israel, is fatally broken by the necessary war against the Iranian regime. What is Russia's role in this conflict?

DG - It is unknown what Netanyahu and Putin have been discussing weekly, but between Iran and Israel, I think the Russian president will always choose to defend the country where 1.5 million people speak Russian. At the same time, in its dispute with the USA over spheres of influence and energy, the Kremlin is content to see the war in Iran drag on, though not to the extent that it leads to the collapse of the Islamic Republic, but enough to divert American attention from Ukraine for a period of time. Apparently no treaty has been signed between Tehran and Moscow stipulating that an attack on one constitutes an attack on the other, due to a condition imposed by Russia. The agreement would have no effect in the event of a war against Israel, in which Russia refused to participate. However, in the world of high politics, everything can change overnight. Trusting while remaining suspicious.

Why does Netanyahu maintain friendly ties with Putin?

DG - The relationship with the US is extraordinary, but we never know what it will be like in 20 years. On the other hand, if we remember the Tsars and the Soviets, we can conclude that the current Russian president is the first to respect the country's Jewish legacy. Russia is not only Christian, it is Jewish as well. Horace Gunzburg - the "Russian Rothschild" - played a critical role in the economic development conquered by the Russian Tsarist regime. Samuel Poliakov, Issak Ephrussi, Abram Zak, Ivan Blokh, Wolf Wissotzky, Ahron Soloveitchik, Leopold Kronenberg were attracted by him to the same cause.

For the United States and Russia, Iran is a focus of conflict due to energy and spheres of influence, not because of Israel?

DG - Absolutely. Today, all agree that Ukraine will not join NATO, which proves how avoidable the start of that war was. In the meantime, Europe was forced to abandon Russian natural gas and replace it with American gas, for which even the autoexplosion of the Nord Stream pipeline was a major factor. Four years have passed. Venezuela, the Panama Canal, Greenland, and now the Strait of Hormuz. The war remains alive. Just yesterday, Qatar interrupted its natural gas exports, on which Europe depends. The substitute: the US. Whether it's fair or unfair doesn't matter. It's a fact.

There are increasingly prominent voices in the United States calling for the country to stop following Israel's foreign policy. Could this have short-term, medium-term, or long-term effects?

DG - This is not a new issue. Virtually anyone could potentially lead the United States in the future. Foreign policy regarding Israel can always change. Fortunately, the historical legacy of the Jewish people has always been respected in that great nation. Haym Salomon was the crucial financier of the American Revolution. Isaac Moses, Michael Gratz, Benjamin Seixas, Jacob Cohen were attracted by him to the same cause. Solomon himself contributed over $650,000 (equivalent to billions today) to support the Continental Army, and he died in poverty.

How might the Epstein files case harm the healthy relationship between the US, Israel and the Jewish people?

DG - For the Jewish world, it's an irreparable loss, a new model of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. That's a fact, not a matter of opinion. I have great difficulty talking about Jeffrey Epstein. I don't kick dead men. My natural instinct is to defend them and feel that something is wrong when there's so much unanimity in punishing someone. In any case, if a small percentage of what has been written is true, then I have to consider that a great aberration lived among us, that is, that Epstein was a very sick man, perverse to the highest degree, perhaps also brilliant in economic matters. Men are not just good or just bad. 

In early 2026, China's special envoy for the Middle East visited Israel to stabilize relations and pledge continued cooperation despite regional tensions. Could the war against Iran harm this relationship?

DG - The Chinese are the best in terms of patience and the only people older than the Jews. China is Israel's second-largest trading partner, with strong cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture, and high-tech sectors. Nothing will break this partnership, especially because the Chinese are grateful and do not forget that David Sassoon and Ely Kadoorie were the most influential Jewish financiers, traders, and property developers in Shanghai and Hong Kong. They attracted Silas Aaron Hardoon, Raphael Belilios, Edward Ezra, Arnhold brothers, Charles Bosman and Morris Abraham Cohen, and all were dedicated advocates for Jewish rights in China.

What will 2026 be like, given all the politically significant events we've witnessed in just two months?

DG - As the Chinese say, "We live in interesting times." Before people accuse Jews of all kinds of evil, perhaps the critics should start learning history to understand why great nations always protect and honor the work of their ascendants. Why Israel—a country of sand and camels at the time of its founding—is today a great diplomatic, economic, scientific, and military power?