Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt by opposition parties to dissolve parliament early Thursday, as tensions spiked over Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel and Iran are hitting each other with missiles and drones as the two engage in brutal violence, again raising tensions in an already chaotic region of the Middle East., Middle East News - Times

The attack gives Iranians a common cause, despite their feelings about their government . As the Stimson Center’s longtime Iran analyst Barbara Slavin notes: Iran can and like