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The 15-hour fight with Iran showed the bind Israel is in
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The burst of warfare may have also altered how the warring parties weigh and respond to each new set of attacks.
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David M. Halbfinger
JERUSALEM – For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the resumption of fighting with Iran on June 7 may have shown his supporters, at least momentarily, that he still was capable of standing up to US President Donald Trump.
But the halt to the fighting on June 8, after less than 15 hours, left Israel and its embattled leader in a bind and appearing as beholden to Trump as ever.
