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In Israel, limited wars are ultimately political acts, and the premiership sits at the top of the executive structure that authorizes and frames national security action. The office of Prime Minister belongs in the history of Operation Cast Lead: the strategic meaning of the campaign depended not only on military planning, but on the political leadership that decided what deterrence, escalation, and exit were supposed to achieve. In conflicts designed to send political signals as much as to destroy targets, heads of government are central analytical actors.