Reporter: “How much coordination has there been between the United States and Israel in recent hours regarding the possibility of an American attack?”

Amit Segal: “A heavy cloud of silence surrounds the Israeli leadership, which prefers not to comment. It is very reminiscent of the period on the eve of Operation Cast Lead, months when people told you to switch to WhatsApp, then to Signal, and today they say, ‘Forget it, I do not want to talk about it.’ In that sense, the situation is quite similar. One thing is certain. Israel will not learn about it from the news.

Look at the full circle here. Jimmy Carter, one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, hastened his own downfall when he demanded that no violence be used against the protesters. Everything was framed around human rights, and the result was the emergence of a regime that today violates human rights more than almost any other in the world.

Donald Trump wants to fix this, and in my opinion, and I am certainly not alone, he intends to act. The question now is how. When Trump stopped the planes en route to Tiran in retaliation for the attack on Be’er Sheva that killed four Israelis after the ceasefire, the aim was to strike numerous high quality regime targets.

But the situation has now completely changed. If Trump looks at the target bank, he could easily paralyze two thirds of the economy in a single blow, but that makes little sense. The goal of economic damage was to drive the masses into the streets. They are already there, so why push them into hunger?

There are several options. One is striking missile program sites. Another is hitting what remains of the nuclear program, but that does not help the protesters either. A third option is to do what Israel did in the final stages of the war and strike Revolutionary Guard and Basij targets. But that would be largely symbolic. You would need to hit a very significant mass to change reality.

That leaves one leading option. To do what Maduro did, but without targeting an ayatollah in training, instead striking and killing him.

These are the four options facing the regime.

Which will be chosen? I think we will know within a few days to a week.”