On the brink of the abyss, Israel stands with a tight rope between Iran's provocation and courtship to Washington, every calculated step, but the strong regional winds threaten to bring it down.
Since her targeting of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, to Tehran's missile response, then Isfahan and the events of October, Israel has shown ingenuity in "proactive deterrence", but it is gambling with the future of the region.
As for Washington, the closest ally, its arrest is soft, occupied by embodying and achieving its election campaigns and negotiations with Iran.
However, what if the rope is cut off? Does Israel really have the ability to control the limits of escalation?
Until 1979, Israel and Iran were bound by a strategic alliance that combines security interests, oil deals and armament. The Islamic Revolution has turned this alliance upside down, to become Tehran's head of spear "removal of Israel", and Tel Aviv turns into a permanent opponent of the escalating Iranian influence.
Israel, which is still hostage to the memory of the 1973 war, adopts the doctrine of "pre -emptive strikes"; To prevent any threat from development. On the other hand, Iran has woven a network of agents in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen, in a strategy that enriches it from direct...
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