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Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war. That doomsday scenario has not come to pass, at least for now: Iran made only symbolic retaliation against America; soon after, a ceasefire ended the fighting between Iran and Israel.

Israel’s military success against Iran undermines one incentive for Saudi normalization and raises concerns about its growing power.