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Good News out of Israel

From On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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by Peter Jenkins

There has been good news out of Israel this week – all the more welcome for being relatively infrequent where Iran is concerned.

Sheera Frenkel, a McClatchy correspondent, reported on Monday that Israeli intelligence officials had told the news service over the last two months that they [...]

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2012 Predictions of war with Iran that didn’t Happen (20th Anniversary Edition)

From On January 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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It’s June 15, 1992. A news nugget on page A-12 of the Washington Post reports that the chief of Israel’s Air Force believes military action might be necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons:

Maj. Gen. Herzl Budinger told Israeli television that if Iran’s intensive effort to develop [...]

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

From On November 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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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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Former Mossad chief: Failure to negotiate with Iran would lead to war

From On October 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Laura Rozen’s recent interview with former Mossad director Efraim Halevy focuses heavily on diplomatic options for the US, Israel and Iran in the impasse over the Iranian nuclear program. Halevy, like former Mossad director Meir Dagan and a number of past and present US and Israeli national security officials, opposes preventive [...]

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Former Israeli Mossad Director Gets Liver Transplant from Iran Ally Belarus

From On October 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Meir Dagan, the former director of Israel’s Mossad, has received a liver transplant in Belarus. Reports from the Israeli press that have now made their way into western media sources state that Belarus’ president, Alexander Lukashenko, announced at a press conference on Oct. 16 that the operation had taken place [...]

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Former Israeli Spy Chief: Attacking Iran Would Cause International Sanctions Regime To Crumble

From On June 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The former head of Israel’s vaunted Mossad spy agency told the Atlantic magazine that an attack on Iran would not spur the Iranian people to rise up against the regime and could cause the international sanctions regime imposed against Iran to crumble.

In the interview, Meir Dagan said that, contrary the contention made by of [...]

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Report: Majority Of Israeli Defense Chiefs Oppose Attack On Iran

From On May 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Among Israel’s former top security officials, a growing consensus has emerged over the past several months that a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be counterproductive to Israeli interests. Yesterday, former Israeli spy chief Meir Dagan emphasized that point, telling an audience that “a strike could accelerate the procurement [...]

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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

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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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Meir Dagan says Iran nuclear threat is overhyped

From On October 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The former Mossad chief added that a military strike is not Israel’s best option and that Israeli actions have contributed to its own deteriorating strategic situation:

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Monday that a military strike on Iran was “far from being Israel’s preferred option,” telling the Council for Peace and Security that [...]

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