If Iran developed and built nuclear weapons, both it and Israel would have incentives to use them to strike first in the event of a crisis
U.S. to Bomb Iran to Keep Israel From Attacking It?
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Israel
Arab Spring Takes Back Seat to U.S. Military Aid for Egypt
There’s no accommodation that President Obama can make that will satisfy Americans hawkish for Israel.
Iran: Here We Go . . .
While neoconservative commentators were declaring that diplomacy doesn’t work with Iran, members of Congress were setting about ensuring that it wouldn’t.
The Phases of the Moon and an Attack on Iran
Launching an air attack on Iran requires bright nights.
Super Stuxnet? U.S., Israel Escalating Malware War Against Iran
Never mind just sabotaging centrifuges, couldn’t “Super Stuxnet” scramble Iran’s air defense systems in advance of an Israeli and/or U.S. attack?
Israelis Beginning to Understand the Consequences of Attacking Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu may not be capable of understanding that the leaks about attacking Iran were intended to keep Israel safe rather than get back at him.
Gilad Shalit’s Release Emboldens Netanyahu’s Iran Mandate
The motives of Israeli President Bibi Netanyahu and his defense minister Ehud Barak for attacking Iran may be as much personal as political.
Arab Spring, Israeli Isolation
With the Arab uprisings gradually reconfiguring the regional political landscape, Israel is finding itself increasingly isolated. For at least a decade, Israel has identified Iran as its main strategic nemesis, but the Arab spring has rekindled simmering tensions between Israel on one hand, and Arab states as well as Turkey on the other.
U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Ever Inviolable
Republicans are willing to cut spending on Afghanistan and Iraq, but not military aid for Israel.
Kaddish for Oslo, Part 2: The Palmer Report
The Palmer Report whitewashed the Mavi Marmara attacks.