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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/911189.html
Preparing for the Military Option
[Ha'aretz] Ephraim Sneh - Israel cannot reconcile with the notion that a regime, ideologically committed to its destruction, will hold nuclear weapons. One of the central lessons of the Holocaust is that we should not ignore the mix of hatred of Jews and enormous military power. Military action is not the preferred option. First the option of serious economic sanctions must be exhausted, the kind of sanctions that can undermine the Iranian regime, or force it to relinquish its efforts to develop nuclear arms. The most effective sanction may be preventing the sale of refined petroleum products to Iran, particularly gasoline for cars. Currently, half the gasoline consumed in Iran is imported, mostly from India, the UAE and the Netherlands. The problem is that states are in no rush to impose real sanctions.