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The sense of unease accompanying the war’s impressive achievements stems from the impression that the long-awaited change in Iran was within reach, yet the ceasefire pushed it further away and helped the regime rise from the ropes. Israel must now push for two critical decisions: No easing of economic sanctions on Iran, and no restrictions on Israel’s freedom of action.
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As Europe shrugs off the Iranian threat, the old fantasy that aggression can be contained without confrontation is proving dangerous once again.
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Iran’s regime believes time is working against Trump more than against itself, and therefore prefers to continue the war of attrition and pay in cash to secure gains down the road. To prevent that, Trump must take decisive steps he has so far avoided, including destroying Iran’s national infrastructure.
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Don’t lecture Israel about the “inviolable sovereignty & territorial integrity” of Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza or the “internationally mandated territorial contiguity” of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. These are hackneyed concepts, extinguished by reality in the region.
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The core mistake of the axis narrative is its linearity. It assumes that friendship with A requires enmity towards B. In contemporary geopolitics, this logic has long been obsolete. The Iran war confirmed it once more: there is no zero-sum game here.
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Gulf rulers’ main concern is that the US and Israel could stop the war without finishing the job. In that case, the Iranian regime would recover, work to shield itself from future attacks and settle scores with everyone who helped strike it.
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Who would have dared predict that he would be courageous enough to blow off his political detractors from left and right to pursue this campaign with such certainty? And even if he cuts short the war against Iran, I will still salute him for strategic bravery.
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Double your intake at the Passover seder in thanksgiving for our victories in war.
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The expectation that regime change in Iran would automatically yield a fundamentally more moderate and less hostile foreign policy appears, at the very least, highly questionable.
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UNESCO battles, abandoned sites, and a renewed national plan force Israel to confront its responsibility to Jewish heritage.