How long can what Jerusalem and Tehran are doing go on? The danger is real that one of the two sides will think it wants to force a decision – and then the big war will begin.
What the Anglo-Saxons call with onomatopoeic beauty “Tit for Tat” and which German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock describes with helpless self-importance as “turning the escalation spiral” cannot, by the nature of things, continue indefinitely. The Israelis attack the Iranian embassy in Syria, which was apparently a branch of the Revolutionary Guard. In return, the Iranians will fly 300 drones and missiles to a military airport in the Negev. The Israelis, who got off lightly thanks to the USA, followed suit as quickly as possible and attacked around Isfahan. Can this work?