Jonathan Lis in Haaretz: ‘The partial understandings between Iran and the United States released so far, expected to form the basis for negotiations in the coming days, appear to undermine one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's central wartime objectives: creating conditions for the collapse of Iran's clerical regime.’

And: ‘In a recorded statement, Netanyahu said Israel aimed to prevent Iran's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that would "threaten Israel, the United States and the entire world." He then added a third objective: "At the same time, we are working to create conditions that will allow the Iranian people to remove the cruel, tyrannical regime that has oppressed them for nearly half a century."’

As has been said before, to win the war the ayatollahs just had to stay put. That’s what they did.

Killing senior leaders didn’t eliminate Hamas, it didn’t eliminate the Ayatollahs.

Different war, same mistakes.

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