...Oh, lest we forget: All this because "... there is certainly an element of calming the Israelis as well.”

NYTimes, here

"... But administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the moves have several aims. “Our first goal is to deter the Iranians,” said one senior administration official. “A second is to reassure the Arab states, so they don’t feel they have to go nuclear themselves. But there is certainly an element of calming the Israelis as well.”