he 12-member security cabinet met Sunday to discuss the volatile situation in the North, with some of the ministers already having advocated taking military action – not only against Iranian proxies for attacks on Israel, but against Iran itself.

The ministers heard briefings from the security establishment, but no operative decisions were announced even as Israeli officials made clear throughout the day that Jerusalem was interested in de-escalating the situation.


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Nevertheless, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who is a member of the security cabinet, gave a speech at the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv last week in which he referred to Iran as an “octopus” and said it was time for Israel to stop dealing with the tentacles of the octopus – Hamas and Hezbollah – but instead with the octopus itself.
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This might be along the lines of what @High_Plains_Drifter is talking about. An Israeli fighter was shot down last week when Israel attacked Iranian weapons emplacements in Southern Syria.

You would think Syria had enough problems without letting Iran use a proxy (Hezbollah) to redneck a fight with Israel. Syria doesn't even have control of its own country. Looks to me like everyone is doing just whatever the Hell they want.