With Tehran Looking Vulnerable, Washington Steps Up Pressure Campaign on Israel To Avoid Attacking Iran’s Nuclear Program

An apparent incentives package seems to come with an implied threat: If Israel ignores Washington’s warnings, President Biden might stop protecting Israel at the United Nations, or join President Macron of France in an arm embargo.

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Emergency personnel respond after a rocket apparently fired from Gaza hits Kfar Chabad Tel Aviv, October 7, 2024. AP/Oded Balilty

A year-long pattern of America pressuring Israel to hold back while it battles Tehran and its many proxies is intensifying just as a window of opportunity opens to scale back the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. 

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