Israel no longer has escalation dominance with respect to Iran or Hezbollah. Israel cannot shut down the Hezbollah conflict on its northern border despite hitting Hezbollah very hard, while Hezbollah has 150,000 rockets and missiles that will only grow in number, limiting Israel's options. With Iran, the April 1st-April 19th exchange (embassy bombing, Iranian retaliation, Israeli counter-retaliation) demonstrates lack of escalation dominance.

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John Mearsheimer

Evidence Quote

the Israelis no longer have escalation dominance viav Iran or viav Hezbollah they cannot shut down the conflict with Hezbollah on their northern border

Source

Why Israel is in deep trouble | John Mearsheimer with Tom SwitzerCentre for Independent Studies
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:06:02 PM

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