(Israel Hayom) Dr. Limor Samimian-Darash - Israel is targeting Iran's proxies tasked with menacing the Jewish state. A simultaneous war against these proxies obligates Iran to employ military capabilities on several fronts and use vast amounts of money to fund these efforts. Weakening these Iranian "colonies" can make them a burden on the mother country. We can also see this trend in Israel's foreign policy, which keeps a close eye on those places where Iran is accumulating influence and tries to present those countries with an alternative. For example, Israel's diplomatic campaign in Africa is part of its effort to eradicate Iranian influence on the continent. The writer is a senior lecturer at the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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