What Israel must do to stop Iran’s nuclear program
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Ehud Barak (Photo: Yaron Berner)
What Israel must do to stop Iran’s nuclear program
Ynet – Dec 9th 2021-Ehud Barack
Opinion: In an exclusive piece for Ynet, ex-premier Ehud Barack writes Netanyahu’s policy failures cost Israel opportunity to prepare a military response to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions; he says Israel and U.S. must now unite their efforts
So where do we stand on Iran? Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was right when he addressed the unbearable gap between the rhetoric of the former government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and its actions
Israel’s policy towards Iran since the signing of the nuclear deal in 2015 has been nothing but a failure, stemming from ineptitude and the dangerous illusions of its leader.
Netanyahu chose to clash with the administration of former U.S. President Barak Obama, missing a golden opportunity to bolster Israel’s military strength, which would have enabled the IDF to act independently against the Iranian nuclear program.
In 2018, Netanyahu pushed another former U.S. leader Donald Trump to withdraw from the deal, allowing the Iranians to accelerate their rush towards a nuclear threshold, while blaming the U.S. for violating the deal.
But worst of all, Netanyahu failed to prepare a joint Israeli and American “Plan B” to surgically set Iran’s nuclear program back many years – should Tehran opt to proceed to head towards the nuclear threshold.
Iran is a bitter foe set on achieving its goals, but the dangerous circumstances Israel has found itself in are Netanyahu’s fault.
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