Israelis can afford to give up on the Iranian front. We still have all the others

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Israelis can afford to give up on the Iranian front. We still have all the others
Amira Hass

12:43 AM • April 10 2026 IDT

Mr. America's threat to destroy another civilization has been averted for now; let's hope that this will last for more than a fortnight. But Israel is cleverer than U.S. President Donald Trump; it has been conducting annihilation and destruction in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria without the world rearing up to stop it.

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