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Netanyahu’s 2018 Tehran gamble: The roots of the US bombing of Iran – opinion

An article by Ilan Evyatar published on the Jerusalem Post
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Ilan Evyatar

Ilan Evyatar is Director of Publications at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Report and former News Editor at The Jerusalem Post. He is co-author of Target Tehran (Simon & Schuster, 2023), named a Top 5 Book in Politics by The Wall Street Journal and winner of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Books Award.

Recent publications

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