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