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restricting resources from reaching Iran, that Iran insists on buying from Russia, by not buying them in the first place. Establishing a fund for climate change refugees in their nation, for one. Alas, don't think that national theocracies nor countries with economic platforms of aggression would be into that, either. Israel is all grown up defensively, that's clear, with years of help from their friends. The world's been monitarily bamboozled by terrorist sects dependent on Iran's funding now for too long and lately, dependent on the Russian/Chinese aggressors of Ukraine. Making those two too busy in their own homelands. economically, might be one way to show gratefulness to their economic friends who were making up for their shame and denial of the Holocost and the Brits cultural refusal to forego that dang divine right of kings. It's hard leaving a feudal, wage-slave set up behind without exploitation by the same-old folks and religious zeolots with divine rights. Certainly, I wouldn't trust negotiating with any government group still calling itself Hamas - negotiators need to insist on a name change that promotes the peacemaking and platforms of self-help and ambitions other than attacking Israel and getting a like response back and forth, then act accordingly by distancing from the bamboozling terrorists, or else neither side, Palestine peoples nor Israel peoples get what will be needed, funds for food, clean water, and housing, much sooner than they think. Iran's ungratefulness for education and modernization under the Shah that the USA helped put there in a modern era is also very disappointing, even many Islamists value at least education. Judeo-Christian fundamentalist and terrorist nations can't govern effectively and are never satisfied for the benefit of others; all they know is hate and killing. Capitalist democracy isn't perfect either but it despies depotism and a beauracucy full of the wealthy whose only aim is maintenance of their wealth by violence and hate.

By widening the conflict, he now has the upper hand. Who will dare question his annihilation of Gaza (& stepped-up West Bank land grab), when with a flip of a switch, he could initiate a mideast conflagration that Uncle Sam is sworn to fight for him?
He has cowed the world and his critics. Brilliant. Now as supplicants, we can only shut up and send more weapons & money. And no back talk!

No biggie. I hope he’s not that stupid.

Does Bibi now retaliate to their retaliation? I say he holds that card as a threat to get more funds and weapons from the West.