What Might Come Next for Israel — and the U.S. — in Wake of Iranian Attack

After Iran rained ballistic missiles on Israel on Tuesday for the second time in sixth months, the focus now turns to the question of what comes next: how Israel will respond, and what role Washington will play in supporting — or tempering — Israel’s actions.

Several Middle East security experts told Jewish Insider that Israel has an obligation to respond forcefully, and that the U.S. should support Israel’s actions countering Iran. The U.S. military coordinated closely with the Israel Defense Forces on joint missile defense against the Iranian attack, and senior Biden administration officials said on Tuesday afternoon that Washington will stand by Israel in the aftermath.

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Jonathan Lord, a former Department of Defense official, said the U.S. should be thinking about how to show Iran that launching missiles at Israel — even when, as was the case Tuesday, they did not kill any Israelis — is unacceptable.

“The consideration for the U.S. is, how do we introduce more risk to the [Iranian] regime in advance of that launch, such that the risk of that launch becomes too high a cost to the appearance of the regime’s security?” asked Lord, director of Middle East Security at Center for a New American Security.

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