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Why Israel, rarely a fan of regime change, now contemplates an Iran without ayatollahs

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel, historically cautious about pursuing regime changes in neighboring states, is reevaluating its stance towards Iran in light of recent escalations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasMiddle EastHezbollahIranNetanyahuSecurityNuclear ThreatRegime ChangeMissile Threat

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Gayil Talshir, a lecturer in political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said Netanyahu had silenced Katz and others in the government who were openly clamoring for regime change and was wise to do so."
Israel
"Post Oct.7, the environment has changed, said Dan Shapiro, who is now a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Councils Middle East Security Initiative."
New York City, New York, United States
"A sign denouncing Bashar Assad, president of Syria, is displayed at a rally at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 26, 2012."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"WASHINGTON The last time Israel bombed a nuclear facility in a hostile country, its hopes for what would come next were clear: The regime it deemed too toxic to have nuclear power should stay in place."
Iran
"Israel is not explicitly calling for the overthrow of the theocracy in Iran."
Syria
"A lot has changed in the Middle East since 2007, when Israel took out the nuclear reactor in Syria, then led by Bashar Assad."
Egypt
"Hosni Mubarak, Sadats deputy and successor, kept the uneasy peace, but in 2012, when the Muslim Brotherhood emerged triumphant after ousting Mubarak, Israel braced for the worst."
Iraq
"Israeli caution about regime change in the past had to do with instability on its borders, Schanzer said, but whatever chaos regime change in Iran triggers would take place more than a thousand miles away, he said."
United States
"Israeli caution about regime change in the past had to do with instability on its borders, Schanzer said, but whatever chaos regime change in Iran triggers would take place more than a thousand miles away, he said."
Libya
"That seared into the consciousness of Israel, that its very hard to politically engineer an Arab country if youre a Jewish state, said David Makvosky, a member of the Obama administrations Israeli-Palestinian peace brokering team in 2013-2014 who is now a distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy think tank."

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