In spite of its rhetoric, Israel views the regime in Tehran as rational, calculating and risk-averse. Even those Israeli officials who believe that Iran is hell-bent on destroying the Jewish state recognize that Tehran is unlikely to attack Israel with nuclear weapons due to the destruction Israel would inflict on Iran through its second-strike capability.
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rticle by Titra Parsi in the Huffington Post basically states that the real threat as perceived by Israel is a rapprochement with Iran which would denigrate Israel’s own regional power projection. However, Parsi argues that a reconciled Iran would in itself be less of a threat to Israel. IMHO, Israel will never willingly share power with an enemy and adopt Parsi’s view. And as pointed out by a comment at the bottom of the article:
The second premise that the US would have to treat Iran as a regional power does make sense. I wouldn’t put anything past Netanyahu. If he could get the US involved with bombing Iran, he would do it in a heart beat.
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