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Shkruar nga Julian Borger
Biden had privately expressed concern that Netanyahu was trying to draw the US into a wider conflict.
A barrage of drone and missile attacks was launched on Saturday evening from Iran towards Israel and continued into the early hours of Sunday morning. This attack was prompted after the one that Israel carried out on the Iranian embassy in Syria. But apparently Israel's actions were calculated and some "evil" plans were hidden behind it to draw the USA into the war.
Both Joe Biden and the Iranians are aware that Benjamin Netanyahu would ideally like to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, which he has long viewed as an existential threat to Israel.
Reducing them to rubble would be very difficult without US help, but it is possible that he and other Israeli hawks could try to seize this opportunity to fulfill that ambition.
NBC News reported Saturday night that some senior administration officials are "concerned that Israel might do something quickly in response to Iran's attacks without thinking about the possible consequences afterward."
The report said Biden had privately expressed concern that Netanyahu is trying to drag the US deeper into a wider conflict, citing three people familiar with the president's comments.
In the short term, Washington can be comforted by some signs that any Israeli response will at least not be immediate. Israel has called for a UN Security Council meeting on the attack, which will take place at 4pm New York time on Sunday. It would be surprising if a counterattack was launched before that session.
Another possible sign that the response may be muted was Yoav Gallant's conversation with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, after the attacks.
According to the Israeli defense ministry, Gallant "stressed that the defense establishment is prepared for any further attempts to attack the State of Israel." His comments did not mention the return of Israel.
A third positive sign in the early hours of Sunday was an assurance from an Israeli official quoted by the New York Times that "Israel's response would be coordinated with its allies"./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from "The Guardian"
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