Is Israel using politics as a means to prolong the war?

As with every assassination of a new Iranian leader, the Israeli public experienced heightened euphoria and a sense of omnipotence when Israel announced it had killed a top Iranian security official, Ali Larijani.Some Israeli leaders were poetic with their statements. Israel Katz, the defense minister, said that Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief — often viewed as the regime's new 'strongman' following Ali Khamenei's assassination — had "joined the defeated members of the axis of evil in the depths of hell." FYI What is Unit 504, the Israeli group recruiting Arab informants? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opted for less lyricism and more forward-looking statements. "We have accomplished historic feats. We are now a formidable, nearly global power," he said.The security...