Iran's Defeat.. Netanyahu's Political Illusion

A Mehr News Agency report examined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to make the Iran file a central plank of his political campaign by pledging 'absolute victory,' while opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized this approach and warned against using security for electoral purposes. The report cited Israel's Channel 12 as reporting a dispute between Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir over a possible military move against Iran, and military concerns about escalation before the elections, with Netanyahu denying the report. It concluded that the promise of 'defeating Iran' is an unproven political claim facing a crisis of accountability.