The tragic events from 7/10 in Israel changed definitely a lot of details from the overall Middle East equation. Alliances, geopolitical positioning, Western perceptions as well. One thing though remained the same: the constant Iranian threat against Israel, done through supporting a war of proxies, even with the price of destabilizing the countries were those proxies are located - for instance, Lebanon, who has for years enough of the mullah´s regime intrusion in their everyday life and politics.
Target Tehran by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar is an informative approach on the Iranian-Israel cyberwarfare and sabotage stories - if you already read Ronen Bergman you may not discover too many new information - but also delves deep into the behind the scenes diplomatic efforts to achieve the Abraham Accords (more about this in an upcoming review featuring the political memoir of former US Ambassador in Israel David Friedman).
As both authors are journalists, they are extensively using sources, especially part of the various establishments - particularly Israel and US - which give more credibility to the account. I´ve found very interesting the mentions about how smartly Israel used the soft diplomacy - vaccines´ during Covid, among others - in order to expand cooperation with former ´enemies´. I am looking forward one day to read about a Middle East free of poisonous intrusions, where former enemies are fighting hard to achieve common economic goals and exchange scientific experiments.
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