There’s a lot of turmoil in the region. Some government/political leaders feel compelled to go on the record in opposition to Israel, to curry favor with radicals. Other leaders religious in nature, think there is a green light to capitalize on old Jewish/Israeli hatreds.
I don’t see evidence that these loud mouthed political leaders are massing troops on Israel’s borders. They’re almost almost all just shooting off their mouths.
It’s not a good time for enhanced Israeli regional image, that’s certain. I’m not sure how much it really changes things. These people have been steeped in anti-Israeli rhetoric their entire lives.
So what does Israel do? Does it pretty much think of it as business as usual, which it pretty much is? Does it think of it as something new and take drastic action to eliminate it?
I fully support Israel taking out Iran’s nuclear capabilities, if it can. In the absence of the U. S. taking action, ‘someone’ has to. As for taking out regional loudmouths, I’m not convinced that helps matters.
Loudmouths are pretty much forgotten in short order. Martyrs aren’t.
There are indeed more Egyptian troops and armor in the Sinai than any time since 1973. That’s more than the usual loudmouths. Assad’s regime is fighting for its life, one of the ways to win would be to attack Israel, or sucker Israel into attacking Syria. Iran is doing more than shooting of its mouth. I’d say it’s not business as usual, but initiating overt war would be a bad mistake, unless it involves an immediate and drastic degradation of Iran’s nuclear capabilities. We need an increased covert war, which brings us to assassination of radical clerics (previous post)? We’ll get some sharks and wild pigs right on it, maybe a few trained snakes and ravens, too.