Israel's military chief says 'accelerating' Iran strike plans

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15. There are more nuances to this move.

The most important of them is that the conflict in the Middle East has turned from Arab-Israeli to Shiah-Sunni, with Israel being the tie-breaker power player who is currently acting in support of Sunni coalition of powers against Iran, who are predominantly Shiah. A nuclear Iran is as much a danger to Israel as it is to Saudi Arabia, or Turkey or Egypt, or Jordan. It's not just the US that supports Israel's opposition to Iran, but much of the Middle East.

The second one is that prioritizing diplomacy does not preclude military threats. In prioritizing diplomacy, it is very advantageous for the US to outsource all the military threats to Israel and play the "good cop" with diplomatic moves and covertly coordinating with Israel on the military front. It is also advantageous for any Middle Eastern Sunni state to leave the threat making to Israel, since none of them can legitimately threaten Iran militarily.