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January 26, 2012       Share:    

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Will Israel Attack Iran?

(New York Times) Ronen Bergman - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak laid out three categories of questions related to a decision on whether to launch a pre-emptive attack against Iran. He characterized them as "Israel's ability to act," "international legitimacy" and "necessity," all of which require affirmative responses before a decision is made to attack. 1. Does Israel have the ability to cause severe damage to Iran's nuclear sites and bring about a major delay in the Iranian nuclear project? And can the military and the Israeli people withstand the inevitable counterattack? 2. Does Israel have overt or tacit support, particularly from America, for carrying out an attack? 3. Have all other possibilities for the containment of Iran's nuclear threat been exhausted, bringing Israel to the point of last resort? If so, is this the last opportunity for an attack?

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