David M. Halbfinger in NYT: ‘For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the resumption of fighting with Iran on Sunday may have shown his supporters, at least momentarily, that he still was capable of standing up to President Trump.
‘But the halt to the fighting on Monday, after less than 15 hours, left Israel and its embattled leader in a bind and appearing as beholden to Mr. Trump as ever.’

And: ‘“Israel is saying that any attack on our cities and border communities will be a reason to attack in the Dahieh,” Mr. [Danny] Citrinowicz [a retired Israeli military intelligence officer] said. “For Hezbollah, that’s not the case. Hezbollah says, ‘The Dahieh is for Tel Aviv, and your northern villages are for our southern villages.”’

Wage war to alter the equation of war. Three teeth for one ear.

Trump can be demanding—just not when it comes to Gaza.

(a sf 2150)