ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Jerusalem viewed the war through the prism of the men who designed it. The Jerusalem Post published an investigation revealing the roles of three military commanders in the conflict's architecture: IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, US Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, and CENTCOM Chief Admiral Brad Cooper. The Post revealed that Zamir was 'key to convincing Caine and Cooper that such a war was feasible.' Netanyahu had presented Trump with a four-step plan during an emergency flight to Washington on February 12: 1) assassinate Khamenei and his top officials, 2) destroy Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, 3) foment an internal uprising, 4) regime change. All three commanders doubted steps 3 and 4, but Zamir was willing to 'roll the dice.' CENTCOM, in a separate statement, denied reports that commercial ships were bypassing the Hormuz blockade. The article reads as a behind-the-scenes military narrative -- anonymous sources, precise timelines, nuances between each officer's stance. The Jerusalem Post is writing Israel's official military history of the war: one where Israel convinced a hesitant America to strike, and where the generals were more cautious than the politicians.