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Opinion Israelis Fear Iran, But Don’t Want Solo Strike
Listening to Israel’s political leaders, it sounds like the country might be at war by the time this piece goes to press. The government is counting on profound levels of fear in Israel to buoy its policies. Indeed, in January a survey of mine showed that Jewish respondents chose nuclear Iran as the top threat…
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Opinion Bibi’s Iran Plan Rests on Shaky Ground
Israel’s leading television news program, Channel 2 News, now informs us that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak are “on the brink” of approving an Israeli military attack on Iran. Their thinking, as reported, hinges on two very iffy assumptions. The first is about America’s intentions. The Israeli leaders, we’re told, do not believe…
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Breaking News Israel Can’t Attack Iran Alone: Peres
Israel President Shimon Peres said that Israel cannot attack Iran on its own. “We can delay the Iranian nuclear plan, but it is clear to us that we need to go with the United States,” Peres said during an interview with Channel 2 television. “President Barack Obama is determined to stop Iran and Israel cannot…
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Opinion Israel Ups Iran Ante, But Is It Bluff?
On August 12, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, called for an international declaration that diplomacy with Iran had definitively failed. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government itself declared the talks all but dead even before they began, but Ayalon’s explosive comments added fuel to the bizarrely public debate in Israel about whether to bomb Iran. This debate…
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Israel News Blogger Publishes Israel’s Iran ‘Attack Plan’
A prominent left-wing blogger has published what is claimed to be an outline of Israel’s attack plan against Iran. Richard Silverstein, on his blog Tikun Olam, has posted a report that is based, according to Silverstein, on a briefing document prepared by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Silverstein’s blog is known for breaking…
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Breaking News Iran Claims Israeli Spies Confess
More than a dozen Iranian citizens arrested in connection with the assassination of several Iranian nuclear scientists have confessed, Iranian state television reported. The Iranians were shown in a television report describing how they were trained at an Israeli military camp near Tel Aviv. One of the suspects said the operation was being sponsored by…
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Breaking News Terrorists Owe 9/11 Victims $6B: Court
A United States Federal Court has recommended that Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaeda pay $6 billion in compensation to the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The symbolic decision on Monday came as a recommendation in response to a lawsuit brought by relatives of 47 victims, which was decided in…
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Opinion ‘Bibi Can’t OK Iran Strike As Defense Chiefs Demur’
Ynet’s Atilla Shomfalvi quotes unnamed government insiders who say Prime Minister Netanyahu can’t order a military strike against Iran, even though it’s his decision to make, because the security establishment is unanimously opposed and the cabinet won’t approve an action over the defense chiefs’ opposition. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last night [Tuesday] that he…
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