I pitched my analysis on why Israel has just checkmated Islamist Iran in Syria strike that killed top IRGC officer Zahedi. US media editors wanted something else: How Israel is dragging the world into World War III by attacking Iran. 

THIS IS WHY I THINK ISRAEL HAS THROWN KHAMENEI OFF BALANCE, AND THERE IS LITTLE KHAMENEI CAN DO ABOUT IT:

1- Iran has instigated, funded and armed half a dozen of its proxy militias in Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, Yemen and Iraq to launch a war of mass distraction on Israel with the hope of bogging down the Jewish state in wars that keep it busy and away from stopping Tehran from dashing to the nuclear bomb. 

To Khamenei's misfortune, Israel seems to have many more eyes and arms than two, and has engaged in at least four simultaneous fronts -- Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria while sensitive Iranian targets keep "mysteriously" blowing up every now and then.

2- While Iran was happy to see Arabs die and force attrition on Israel, it stayed out of all wars since the end of its war with Iraq in 1988. Islamist Iranian officials always deliver statements in English on how they seek regional and world peace, while in Arabic thumping their chests and promising to destroy Israel.

3- Israel wants to keep the option of attacking Iran's nuclear program open, but without being blamed for starting war with Iran. 

Now that Israel has killed top IRGC officer in Syria, all Arab Shia partisans of Iran are expecting Tehran to respond directly by attacking Israel. All Iran's proxies are now asking: Why do we all have to fight Israel and die except for Islamist Iran?

4- Islamist Iran is so embarrassed that Khamenei himself had to promise revenge against Israel for killing of Zahedi. Now this is why Khamenei is in a pickle: If he throws missiles from Iran on Israel, that will justify any Israeli retaliation against Iranian territory, opening the way for Israel to hit whatever target inside Iran, including nuclear program targets.

5- Other than "face-saving" responses, Islamist Iran feels its weakness vs Israel. The Jewish state has infiltrated the Iranian regime to its very core. Israel has decimated most of the top leadership, and can do more damage. All Iran can do is either have proxies respond, which is now backfiring on Iran, or attack Israelis in third party countries, and that'll put Iran in trouble with these countries and with international law.

CONCLUSION: 
Judging by similar incidents in the past, Iran will swallow its pride and let this one pass. In the past, Iran repeatedly stood down, "swallowed the poison" whenever it felt weaker. I Wish its Arab proxies understood these Iranian lessons of the balance of power, But proxies are proxies, they are mercenaries who do the bidding of the highest bidder while their countries are in free fall.

NEWSRAEL: As has been said before: "Iran will fight Israel to the last Arab!"