Is Israel preparing to attack Iran? According to media reports,
Netanyahu is trying to convince his ministers to go on the
offensive. If that is true, Netanyahu will go down in history as the
prime minister who saved the State of Israel from destruction – not
necessarily nuclear.
There is no doubt that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will
bring swift retaliation on Israel, the results of which are
unforeseeable. On the surface, as long as there is a chance to
neutralize Iran's nuclear capabilities via other methods;
diplomatic, electronic, economic and the like, it is not logical to
prefer the military option. Presumably, the ministers who oppose the
attack are considering the question through this very keyhole: Can
we stop Iran in some other way or is the military option the only
route available?
Clearly, the non-military options are like a finger in the dike. As
long as the Moslem motivation continues to rise on the other side of
the wall, it is just a matter of time until the dike breaks.
Further, as time goes by, the mission becomes more difficult and
complex. The reactor in Bushehr is already "hot." Until about two
years ago, it could have been destroyed without much environmental
damage. That is no longer the case.
The difference between now and two years ago is that Netanyahu's
public approval rating is better now than it was then. And when it
comes to a prime minister from the Right, a political window of
opportunity is just as necessary as an operational window of
opportunity. If the social protest movement had managed to curtail
Netanyahu's popularity, there may not have been any government
deliberations about attacking Iran. If we are in a political and
operational window of opportunity right now, we must give the Prime
Minister all the support that he needs on this existential issue.
Considering the attack strictly through the keyhole of cost and gain
does not portray a true picture of the dismal reality. Nuclear
weapons are not the greatest danger to the existence of the State of
Israel. One third of our Nation was destroyed in Europe without
them. The Germans' main weapon was the de-legitimization of our
right to exist. Strategically, de-legitimization is much more
dangerous than any nuclear weapon, for its practical application is
only a matter of time – with or without nuclear capabilities.
When the Iranian leader declared his intent to destroy us, the world
stood collectively held its breath in anticipation of Israel's
retaliation. When that did not happen, the historical question mark
that hangs over the right of the Jews to breathe the air on this
planet reappeared.
Whether the Jews have a right to a state or whether they have a
right to exist at all was not asked in important Western
universities until the world realized that we are willing to live
with Iran's intention to destroy us. The Iranian Amalek and the
German Amalek work the same way as the Biblical Amalek. They declare
an existential war against us, are willing to pay a price and negate
our legitimacy in the eyes of the nations. The Holocaust did not
begin with the outbreak of war but rather, in Hitler's hate-filled
speeches and in the Der Sturmer propaganda.
The ministers who oppose an attack do not understand that the
results of the attack are not what matters. Israel must attack Iran
in order to restore the legitimacy for its very existence. Israel
must restore the equation that says that whoever plans to destroy us
automatically becomes a legitimate target for destruction-
personally. Bushehr is not the only target, but every plane, car and
building in which the heads of Iran's regime are to be found.
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