A Middle East scholar on Israel’s escalating tit-for-tat with Iran
Both governments need to ditch dangerous policies, argues Steven Simon
IT IS NO accident that Israel and Iran are on the precipice of war. It is the result of long-standing agendas devised by misguided policymakers on both sides.
Start with Iran. For decades its declared hatred of Israel and determination to erase the country from the map has been all-consuming. One struggles for a metaphor: Captain Ahab and the white whale?
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