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?
Super Stuxnet? U.S., Israel Escalating Malware War Against Iran
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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.
U.S. Congress a Standard Bearer for Israeli Expansion
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen introduced a bill calling for the U.S. to end its financial support for both the Palestinian Authority and the UN if the latter granted it statehood.
When Creation Myths Converge: U.S. and Israeli Colonialism
Both the United States and Israel use selective memories to justify their actions and find common ground in their expansion narratives.
Israeli Parliamentarians Respond to Bid for Statehood by Calling for Annexation of West Bank
Knesset Deputy Speaker Danny Danon (Likud) announced that his bill to permit “full Israeli annexation of the West Bank” will be voted on in the Knesset at the end of October.
Kaddish for Oslo
The Oslo Accords’ significance lay in the cover of global legitimacy they provided Israel while it continued to build settlements and make a two-state solution more and more unlikely.