April 14, 2024

The Biden administration’s main message for Israel following Iran’s aerial assault comes down to this: Stop and think.

U.S. officials expect Israel to respond in some fashion to Saturday’s strikes, but in both public and private ways they are taking steps they hope will convince Israel to choose a limited response as opposed to an all-out armed counter-attack.

The latter, they fear, will plunge the region into a major war. President Joe Biden in particular wants to avoid any battle that could drag in U.S. troops, and he’s made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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