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July 3, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-for-israel-military-showdown-with-iran-remains-an-option/2012/06/29/gJQA0aePCW_story.html

Bombing or the Bomb?

(Washington Post) David Ignatius - Israel faces a decision between "bombing or the bomb." In other words, if Israel doesn't attack, Iran will eventually obtain nuclear weapons. "It's not a bluff, they're serious about it," says Efraim Halevy, a former head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence service. A half-dozen other experts and officials made the same point in interviews last week: The world shouldn't relax and assume that a showdown with Iran has been postponed until next year. In Israel, the alarm light is still flashing red. The negotiations with Iran by the "P5+1," rather than easing Israel's anxieties, may actually have deepened them. Netanyahu sees his country's very existence at stake, and he's prepared for Israel to go it alone because he's unwilling to entrust the survival of the Jewish state to others.

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