“Your editorial "After the 'Cease-Fire,' Tests for Iran" (June 25) notes the consequences of a pause gone wrong. If it is a way for President Trump to hamstring Israel, "it will give Iran time to rebuild and retool for the next round of war." Tehran's nuclear program may simply be pushed further underground. This underscores why Israel's shadow war against the Islamic Republic must continue and intensify.
For three decades, Israel used sabotage, cyberwarfare and targeted assassinations to buy time, disrupt progress and shake the regime's confidence. The campaign delayed Iran's nuclear breakout, exposed key facilities and personnel and forced Tehran to spend resources on concealment.
The June operation was a dramatic blow to Iran's visible capabilities.
But ideology can't be bombed.
Tehran will adapt. So long as the regime survives, it will eventually redouble its efforts. Its hostility toward Israel isn't reactive -- it is foundational. Israel may have bombed the clock in Tehran that counts down to its destruction, but it hasn't destroyed the Islamic Republic's ideology.
That is why the next phase of Israel's campaign must go beyond disruption.
It must aim at Iran's disintegration -- of the regime's confidence, capabilities and cohesion. This is regime change by erosion: a sustained campaign of covert, economic and psychological pressure to destabilize the ruling elite and widen cracks within the Islamic Republic's power structure. It is the essence of the "death by a thousand cuts" doctrine, as articulated by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. He argued that ideological regimes often fall not in one blow but under sustained, compounding pressure.
That long-game strategy now offers the clearest path to neutralizing the threat.
Ilan Evyatar
Jerusalem
Mr. Evyatar is co-author of "Target Tehran."” [1]
The are no chances for Israel to destroy Iran without occupation. In the era of drones occupation is costly. Israel is too small country to take Iran to begin with.
1. The Islamic Republic Won't Collapse Overnight. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 05 July 2025: A14.
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