Israeli officials have suggested the Trump administration delay large-scale strikes until the Iranian regime is even more strained, while one Arab official said there is “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood" for American military action in Iran right now.
  • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I didn’t get why, but it is pretty obvious in hindsight after reading these paragraphs:

    One of the Arab officials said there is a “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood” for U.S. strikes in Iran right now. Another expressed concern that “any attack or escalation by Israel or the U.S. will unite Iranians” and noted there was a rally-around-the-flag effect in Iran after the American and Israeli attack there in June.

    Israeli officials have told the Trump administration that while they fully support regime change in Iran, and U.S. efforts to facilitate it, they are concerned that outside military intervention at this moment might not finish the job that protesters have started, the current U.S. official, the former U.S. official and the person familiar with the Israeli leadership’s thinking said

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    That’s rich by half. The Israelis are absolutely egging Trump on. They’d love nothing more than for Trump to initiate this and distract from the bloodbath they’re perpetrating in Gaza. West Bank, here they come.