[Mariner]

Russia now has Iran and Syria on a leash.

This is good for Israel.

[Trumpinator]

If you think about it - with the new sectarian war - the Muslims are no longer all one happy family anymore. They never were but pretended. That is why many westerners forgot or did not dwell on the Shia/Sunni split as a major force in thinking before the Iraq invasion/occupation.

Iran maybe is no longer caring about the plight of Sunni Muslim Palestinians who are sympathetic to ISIS and al-Qaeda these days.

Iran still talks the old talk but right now they Shia want to fight the Sunnis and that means Israel can achieve detente with Shia Iran and Shia Hezbollah.

[odds]

On a shorter leash :)