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Can Iran and Israel Make Up?

by Eldar Mamedov
As Iran watchers in Washington brace for a more hawkish new US administration, the Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a conference on October 31 on a subject that continues to bedevil US-Iran relations: the mutual security perceptions of Israel and Iran.
One of the main speakers at the conference—Israel’s foremost expert on Iran, David Menashri, of Tel-Aviv University—was very pessimistic about the Iranian-Israeli enmity ending as long as the current regime in Iran exists. For Menashri, the Islamic Republic lacks any incentives to improve relations with the Jewish state because Iran feels empowered after last year’s nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It has been steadily increasing its influence in the region to the extent that it now feels more powerful than at any time since the 1979 revolution.http://lobelog.com/can-iran-and-israel-make-up/#more-36513