Netanyahu needs U.S. support to wage war on Iran

A protracted game of ballistic missile ping-pong between Israel and Iran would be costly for both sides, but harder on the Israelis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reluctant to get involved in a tit-for-tat missile exchange with Iran, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 16, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—Two weeks ago, Iran—in response to Israel’s assassinations of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, its most important allies in the Arab world—fired 181 ballistic missiles at Israel. A big and prompt Israeli counterattack was expected, but at the time of ...

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