🏛️ Politics 3h ago · Felicia Schwartz

Israel’s new strategy: Lean on Trump, pressure Iran, keep the military option

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel isn’t getting the U.S. backing for an extended war with Iran that it wanted. So the country is switching to a new regional strategy — one that hinges on a fragile mix of military pressure, U.S. diplomacy and, ultimately, the prospect of acting alone.



At the start of the war with Iran nearly six weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s goal was to “remove the existential threat” posed by Iran, including by preventing the country from obtaining a nucl

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