NOW WHAT?
Podcast: After the Iranian Attack on Israel—What Can Be Expected?: Adi Kantor, Danny Citrinowicz, and Chuck Freilich, INSS, Apr. 16, 2024 — After Iran’s leadership repeatedly threatened to retaliate for the assassination of its senior officer in Damascus, their reaction indeed finally came.
How the U.S. Forged a Fragile Middle Eastern Alliance to Repel Iran’s Israel Attack: David A. Cloud, Dov Lieber, Stephen Kalin and Summer Said, WSJ, Apr. 15, 2024
In a Decisive Moment Like This, Israel Has to Reaffirm Its Strength by Striking Back – Editorial: Jerusalem Post, Apr. 16, 2024
Israel Shouldn’t ‘Take the Win’ Against Iran: Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, Apr. 15, 2024
Washington Sold Out Israel’s Deterrence to Save Iran’s: Yigal Carmon, JNS, Apr. 26, 2024
For Further Reference:
White House Calls Iran Attack ‘Spectacular, Embarrassing Failure’: Andrew Bernard, World Israel News, Apr. 16, 2024 – The White House continued to push back against media reports that Iran gave Washington advanced warning of its Saturday night attack, calling those reports “ludicrous” and the attack an “embarrassing failure.”
As Israel Mulls Revenge, Preserving US-Led Cooperation Also Seen as Dealing Blow to Iran: Jeremy Sharon, Times of Israel, Apr. 16, 2024 — Iran’s unprecedented air attack early Sunday deposited the proverbial ball squarely in Israel’s court, forcing Jerusalem to choose between a forceful response that would punish Iran and make it think twice about attacking again — but risk a wider conflagration — and heeding allies’ calls to walk away and let the fighting subside for now.
The World Is Failing to Take Financial Measures Against Iran’s Terror Threat: Daniel Roth, The Hill, Apr. 16, 2024 — For a time after 9/11, it was clear that intergovernmental cooperation would be necessary to stop terror financing and money laundering by terror groups. But the world is moving on to a new and more dangerous dynamic.
Iran’s Attack Means Israel Has an Opening: Derailing Its Nuclearization: Meir Ben Shabbat, Israel Hayom, Apr. 15, 2024 — Iran concludes this chapter of confrontation with Israel with a mixed cost-benefit balance sheet: On one hand, it crossed the Rubicon, disregarded President Joe Biden’s explicit warning, and use its own territory to carry out the largest missile and UAV attack any country has ever launched against another country. In doing so, according to its view, it will cause Israeli decision-makers to think twice before approving strikes on Iranian elements.
