It’s pretty clear that the US government has been buying influence over Israel with all those billions. Lacking it, the Israelis would have been unfettered in its defensive wars with its Arab neighbors, and peace would have broken out in the region about a half century ago. Israelis, Arabs and US taxpayers would have all been better off. New Caliphate fantasists and anti-Semites would have been heartbroken.
The government discourages people from putting property up for rent, and drives existing landlords to despair and bankruptcy, creating a crisis of insufficient housing.
To solve this government-manufactured crisis, the government will step in and become everyone’s landlord. It won’t hesitate to throw tenants out of favor onto the street, and they will have no recourse. It’s the Soviet Way.
“If the Zionist regime (Israel) or its supporters demonstrate reckless behavior, they will receive a decisive and much stronger response”
Since they’ve already repeatedly promised to exterminate the “Zionist regime”, and have been doing their very best to accomplish it for decades, I don’t think this new threat is very persuasive.
Given this statement and the stock market behavior over the past few days, I’d guess the “smart money” thinks that Iran’s oil production capability will be crippled.
Iran saved face, while minimizing the danger of immediate reprisal. Win, win. But it also set a precedent with a direct missile attack, making Israel more willing to do the same to them, eventually. Israeli missiles seem to be much more accurate than theirs.