Conflict between israel and iran articles
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What the US should learn from Israel's aerial tit-for-tat with Iran
The recent exchange of aerial attacks between Israel and Iran was a salient enough event to stimulate much commentary about the episode being a turning point in Middle Eastern affairs. The attacks were indeed sufficiently significant to have implications wider than the physical damage they caused. But it is important not to overstate how much turned at this turning point as well as to understand lessons the episode holds for future U.S. policy toward the Middle East.Although Iran’s missile...
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Israel and Iran: A High-Stakes Shadow War Intensifies
Israel and Iran currently have some of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East. Open adversaries, both nations have been intertwined in a shadow war that is escalating into near-open war tensions.
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Israel can still drag the US into war with Iran
The Biden administration is breathing a sigh of relief that it has so far avoided a wider regional war between Israel and Iran. But that self-congratulation should be tempered with realization that it was a close call and that the incentives for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hawkish governing coalition to provoke one are still present. The Biden administration’s rhetorical outrage at Iran’s forewarned and well-choreographed symbolic missile and drone attacks on Israeli...