Biden now holds the reins | Eleftheros Typos – Greece
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Matei Martin, editor-in-chief of the weekly Observator Cultural, hopes that Israel will exercise restraint:
“From the American perspective, another Israeli strike against Iran harbours the danger that the war, which until now has largely been confined to the Gaza Strip, will escalate into a regional conflagration. Despite Washington’s attempts to de-escalate, an Israeli response cannot be ruled out – in fact, Israeli hardliners say it is unavoidable. … The Israeli ambassador to the UN invoked the ‘right to retaliation’ two days after the attack. But wasn’t international law created precisely because world peace is unachievable if everyone insists on the right to retaliate?”
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