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It’s stupid, dangerous and wrong to demand Iran’s humiliation
Whatever he tells the UN, Rouhani will not agree to give up nuclear weapons to please his country’s nuclear-armed enemies. And when it’s clear that he won’t, it’s his enemies who will face humiliation. I don’t believe Rouhani means it when he says Iran doesn’t want nuclear weapons. And even if he does, I don’t believe…
By
Larry Derfner
September 27, 2013
Obama’s handling of Syria crisis revives Bibi’s hopes of bombing Iran
And this time, it’s hard to see who will be able to stop him. Netanyahu hasn’t said anything publicly, but the consensus here is that the lesson he’s taking from Obama’s refusal to bomb Syria straight away, and instead to turn to Congress for approval, is that the U.S. president can’t be trusted to keep…
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Larry Derfner
September 1, 2013
Cuban missile crisis, 50 years later: Lessons for Israel
JFK courted nuclear war with the Soviets, now Israel is courting a confrontation with the Iranians. But how can Israel contemplate starting a war against another country, a war that will not be negligible and could be devastating, for doing the same thing that it has been doing for over 40 years? I love it when…
By
Larry Derfner
October 21, 2012
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Averting doomsday: My obsession with stopping a war on Iran
Imagine: Israel is cranked up to bomb a country that likely has chemical and biological weapons to go with its missiles. Imagine: It is planning a future of one such ‘pre-emptive’ war after another. I’ve been preoccupied for several years with the prospect that Israel would bomb Iran, and what started it was something that people don’t talk about much, certainly not now that…
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Larry Derfner
February 12, 2012
Israel likely to bomb Iran this year – NY Times Magazine
Israel appears set on attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, writes Ronen Bergman, intelligence expert for Yediot Aharonot, in the cover story of the New York Times Magazine. He bases his prediction on interviews with many top security people, mainly Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who sat with him for several long discussions in Barak’s Tel Aviv penthouse. Bergman wrote that…
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Larry Derfner
January 25, 2012
Is Israel preparing an assault against Iran? The media is ready
The IAEA report on Iran’s alleged nuclear program was surrounded by a media frenzy in Israel supporting an attack. By Neve Gordon Skimming the newspapers as I rushed to get my children ready for school, I suddenly understood that Israel might actually be preparing for a military attack against Iran. “[United States Secretary of Defence…
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+972 Magazine
November 19, 2011
PLAY the Ehud Barak Game: “If I were ____, I would surely ____”
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak likes to imagine himself in different positions. And I don’t mean that in a kinky way. Yesterday he told Charlie Rose that if he were Iranian he’d probably want the bomb, too. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxfF5NjZdM&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] In 1998, as many of you recall, Barak told Haartez journalist Gideon Levy that if he had been…
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Ami Kaufman
November 17, 2011
The fight is on to stop Bibi and Barak from bombing Iran
An Op-Ed by Nahum Barnea in today’s Yediot Aharonot lambasts PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak for moving to strike Iran. What does this mean? The two face high-powered internal opposition, and the opposition is now starting to go public. If Israel eventually realizes that bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities would be an act of absolute…
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Larry Derfner
October 28, 2011
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