Smart in 60 Seconds: Has the Iran-Israel conflict entered a new phase?
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03-May-2024
While the latest round of hostilities between Iran and Israel, culminating in Iran’s April 14th attack, have gone quiet, the latest escalation may point to a new status quo.
Raz Zimmt, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, writes that while both countries have avoided a full-fledged military confrontation, “The first direct Iranian attack on Israel marks a new phase in the two countries’ strategic rivalry.”
Read Zimmt’s full analysis, “This round of Iran-Israel escalation is over, but the next could be just around the corner”: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/israel-iran-escalation-syria-zahedi/
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 5/3/24
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