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Why Israel’s attack on Iran is Netanyahu’s legacy-in-the-making | Red Hot Takes

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proven, yet again, that he’s the ultimate master of both political indifference and unpredictability. NY Post editor and columnist David Christopher Kaufman shares this story.

Nearly a year after he cannily took advantage of America’s Biden-Harris political vacuum to dismantle Hezbollah in Lebanon, Netanyahu is finally taking out Iran’s nuclear armament sites following months — even years — of will-he-or-won’t-he brinksmanship. And it comes as the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, teetered on the brink of dissolution all week over the specter of compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox men.

As Netanyahu begins a potentially weeks-long campaign against Tehran, the stakes could not be higher for both Israel and its longest-serving prime minister. Springtime has seen his veneer of invulnerability finally begin to crumble.

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