Saturday night and Sunday morning were harrowing. For almost two weeks Israelis have been waiting for Iran to attack. A few days ago, the Supreme Leader made clear that the Islamic Republic of Iran would attack Israel directly. Not through a proxy. And, seemingly, Iran would not target a Jewish or Israeli site abroad. For now. Dire warnings of an attack within 24-48 hours were issued on Friday night. Saturday passed. At 9pm Saturday night the Israeli Home Front Command issued directives to follow in light of an imminent attack. A short time later we watched on our TVs as an unprecedented coalition of middle eastern and western air forces collaborated to intercept 99% of more than 300 armed drones and missiles launched from Iran in at least two "waves" to attack Israel. Terrifying does not begin to describe it. Neither does surreal. Ya'akov and I get into the unprecedented security challenges facing Israel, the region and the west. And we do our best to understand what may transpire going forward. Today? We carry on. Somewhat stunned but still standing. Have a listen.
I agree that Biden did the right thing with last night but I feel that, like with Ukraine, he only goes half way not wanting Israel to lose but not actually helping it to win. As Ya’akov and others said, just because most of the missiles didn’t land doesn’t mean Iran didn’t try to kill you and it is up to Israel, not the U.S., to decide if, when, and how to respond.
I agree that Biden did the right thing with last night but I feel that, like with Ukraine, he only goes half way not wanting Israel to lose but not actually helping it to win. As Ya’akov and others said, just because most of the missiles didn’t land doesn’t mean Iran didn’t try to kill you and it is up to Israel, not the U.S., to decide if, when, and how to respond.