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Netanyahu’s 2010 Order Was Not a Move to War on Iran

From On November 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via IPS News

A new twist was added to the longrunning media theme of a threat by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to war with Iran when news stories seemed to suggest Monday that Netanyahu had ordered the Israeli military to prepare for an imminent attack on Iranian nuclear sites in [...]

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More Israeli Official Quotes on Iran

From On May 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In a nice addendum to the compilation of Israeli and Western past and current official views about the so-called Iranian “threat” provided by Just Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor’s Dan Murphy has categorized Israeli views on the political spectrum. Here are some Israeli “doves” on Iran:

1. Meir Dagan. The [...]

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Former IDF Intelligence Head: Attacking Iran May Accelerate Nuclear Program

From On May 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Think Progress

A growing number of current and former Israeli officials are voicing concern that attacking Iran may prove counterproductive in deterring Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. Last week, former Israeli internal security chief Yuval Diskin warned that attacking Iran may “encourage them to develop a bomb.”

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The Baer Facts: Not "by the book", buy the book!

From On July 21, 2011 · 3 Comments

Former CIA operations officer Robert Baer is in the headlines–again. He’s predicting an Israeli attack on Iran–again. And he’s promoting one of his books–again.

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