US allies are drawing hard lines against military involvement in the Iran conflict, exposing a deepening rift within the Western alliance.

Diplomatic sources in the region and in the US confirm that Israel is holding contacts with countries that do not currently maintain formal diplomatic relations with it. The groundwork being laid is intended to produce a series of regional agreements in security, defense, commerce and politics under a US umbrella.

Devorah Halberstam, who lost her son in the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting, warns that recent attacks on Jewish targets are not isolated events – and that sleeper cells may already be active on US soil.

This lesson applies to the current fighting with the Lebanese terrorist organization, but it is even more important regarding decisions the United States and Israel will make about the next stages of war versus Iran. Partial success does not suffice.

The IDF confirmed Sunday that it had eliminated a Hezbollah weapons officer one week before his brother attacked a Michigan synagogue and was killed on the spot, having failed to harm anyone inside.