The day after a nuclear deal with Iran was announced, the sun rose high above Jerusalem's shimmering hills just as it does every July, as if the ancient land shrugged off two decades of apocalyptic warnings from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and decided to go about its usual routine.
Israeli officials across the political landscape decried the "very bad deal," as Netanyahu termed the agreement, which the United States and five world powers hope will curb Iran's weaponization of its nuclear program. But no one, not even the prime minister, rattled the sabers of war.
"An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites is no longer a relevant scenario," wrote Amos Harel, military analyst for the Israeli daily Haaretz.
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