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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-857553
Israel Had a Window of Opportunity to Attack Iran and It Was Right to Use It
(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Katz - Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear facilities took advantage of a unique window of opportunity. For years, when the issue of attacking Iran would come up, one of the main arguments against it was the retaliation Israel would face from Hizbullah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and Iranian forces in Syria. These concerns are no longer relevant. The second factor was operational capability - whether Israel could actually pull off such a strike. In April and October last year, Israeli Air Force jets flew 2,000 km. to strike Iranian targets, including Iran's Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile systems. These systems had been considered the primary deterrent to an Israeli airstrike, and their destruction made Iran's airspace wide open. The third factor was the change in Washington. We now know that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu were coordinated and that comments coming out of Washington that a deal might still be possible were part of a planned ruse to put the Iranians to sleep. The writer, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, is a former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post.