Yesterday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett drew a clear line regarding Israel's future attitude toward the Revolutionary Guards.
His statement that Israel will continue to act against the organization regardless of the American decision to remove it from the list of terrorist organizations is not only an open criticism of the administration and its intentions, but also a public declaration that the secret and open war between the parties will continue, and escalate, in the foreseeable future.
It's a shame to say too much about the American decision.
It is a disturbing mixture of naivety, narrow vision, lack of understanding of the area and trust in those who should not be trusted.
It is even more disturbing that this is happening in opposition to the position of all professionals in the United States; the US military and all intelligence agencies are well versed in Iranian actions and plans, and consider them the source of evil in the region. At the weekend, he described Iran as "the biggest problem for the U.S. military in the Middle East," in its latest briefing at the Pentagon.
The United States is tired of the Middle East
The American willingness to remove Iran from the list is further evidence of their fatigue from what is happening in the Middle East and their intention to withdraw from it, following their escape from Afghanistan.
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Also a continuation of the gallop of the administration for a renewed nuclear deal, at any cost.
From the loud talk of an agreement that would be Longer and Stronger, the original agreement remains.
But its current conditions are now much worse than in 2015, because there is very little time left until it expires, so Iran will have a direct route to the bomb, with the blessing of the world.
Speaking separately - and actions separately
The Americans, in their candid statements, strongly argue that they will not allow Iran to become nuclear.
With all the desire to believe them, it is a commitment that has not yet stood the test of time.
The actions of the Iranians, on the other hand, stand a daily test: from their systematic and blatant violation of the previous nuclear deal, to the terror they spread - by the same Revolutionary Guards, through their Quds Force - throughout the Middle East, and beyond.
More than once, the Americans were the main target of this terrorism.
This is mainly happening in Iraq, by Shiite militias that are paid, pentagonal and led by the Iranians.
Sometimes this happens with open responsibility and sometimes intelligence knows how to pinpoint the source of terrorism, but the bottom line remains the same, as does the overarching goal - to make life bitter for the US and make it leave the region, not to interfere with Iranian expansionist and takeover efforts.
Washington, as mentioned, is well aware of all of these.
She also often takes an active part in efforts to thwart Iranian terrorism, in operational and intelligence collaborations with her many friends in the region, led by Israel.
Its willingness to continue to do so in the future, while at the same time defining the perpetrator of terrorism as non-terrorist, is a literal flick that ends in a painful crash on the head.
Israel did well when it announced that it was not participating in this masked carnival.
Unlike the nuclear, where the Iranians have every reason to abide by the agreement because the reward in the end is huge, the terror they will not abandon even for a second.
History teaches that their word on this matter is not worth anything;
Directly or through emissaries, Iran will continue to embitter the lives of its rivals in the region, led by Israel (and the United States).
This will oblige Israel to intensify the war it is already waging against the Revolutionary Guards, in a variety of places, means and methods.
It is very possible that the Americans will not always like the Israeli activity (which sometimes endangers them, as Mackenzie said at the weekend), but Israel must do its own thing, and hers alone. And since the Iranians are busy 24/7 trying to make Israel bitter, Only one choice - to advance and fight them, and powerfully, to thwart, and also to deter.
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