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Opinion: Israel should strike Iran now, paving way for Trump 2.0

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Israel must strike Iran now, hitting any number of high-value targets within the Islamic Republic .

This sets the stage for the second Trump administration to go beyond just maximum pressure, and target the heart of the Iranian regime.

The collapse of the Assad regime should remind observers of international events of two basic facts.

If Israel could pull off a strike on the Iranian nuclear program in the coming weeks , then the Iranian state may well face a broader domestic and regional backlash.

The president-elect’s administration will take a distinctly hawkish stance towards Iran .

But once the Trump administration sets U.S. Middle East policy on a more rational bent than that of the past few years , it will face a distinct challenge.