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Topic: Israeli strike on Iran

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November 7, 2012
10:58 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama in New York, September 21, 2011 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

For Obama and Netanyahu, four more years of mutual dislike and suspicion? Not so fast

The two leaders are unlikely to suddenly become best buddies, but history has defied conventional wisdom more than once about which US presidents are good or bad for Israel

By Raphael Ahren

November 6, 2012
12:35 am

Channel 4's "Dispatches" program shows how top Israeli thinkers imagine Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might act during a military confrontation. (Photo credit: Courtesy of Channel 4)

British TV show airs Israeli think-tank’s upbeat simulation of attack on Iran

Channel 4′s ‘Dispatches’ screens footage of recent ‘war game,’ raises questions about whether Israel’s top strategists are overly optimistic about the outcome of a strike

By Miriam Shaviv

November 5, 2012
10:40 pm

Then-IDF chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi (right), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, pictured in Haifa in 2009 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90)

Netanyahu vows to stop Iran, even in defiance of the United States

TV report details assassinations and sabotage in Israel’s decade-long battle to thwart Tehran, traces ups and downs of coordination with Washington; Olmert slams PM for ‘spitting’ in Obama’s face

By Times of Israel staff

November 5, 2012
6:17 pm

Ali Akbar Salehi (photo credit: CC-BY Parmida76, Flickr)

Iran says three Arab countries let Israel use their air space to strike in Sudan

Tehran’s foreign minister says countries were told in advance of last month’s attack on Khartoum munitions factory

By Aaron Kalman

November 5, 2012
5:17 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a Knesset committee meeting in October (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Vice PM Shalom claims Barak slammed IDF in Channel 2 interview for political reasons

Defense minister claims in TV documentary broadcast Monday that army was not prepared in 2010 to strike at Iran if necessary

By Times of Israel staff

November 4, 2012
10:26 pm

From right to left: Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and then-chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi in 2009 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Security chiefs refused order from PM in 2010 to prepare military to strike Iran within hours if necessary, TV report says

According to Channel 2, chief of staff and Mossad chief adamantly opposed demand to initiate highest level of military readiness, and Netanyahu and Barak backed down

By Times of Israel staff

November 1, 2012
12:26 am

Martin Dempsey, second from right, and other officials at the Iron Dome battery site on Tuesday. (photo credit: Courtesy US Embassy Tel Aviv, via Twitter)

US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran

From the web The Guardian: Military commanders say Arab states would hold back assistance to American efforts in case of Israeli attack

October 22, 2012
1:23 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the UN General Assembly in New York City in September (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

Former Israeli spymaster: We need to talk to Iran

From the web Efraim Halevy, who ran the Mossad under three PMs, tells Al-Monitor you have to understand your enemies

October 15, 2012
2:21 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs during a recent cabinet meeting (photo credit: AP/Jim Hollander)

Netanyahu faces wild cards in early elections

Vote pits Israel’s Western-oriented liberals against the PM’s alliance of social conservatives, security hawks and fundamentalist Jews

By Dan Perry

October 13, 2012
5:56 am

Iranian Jews light candles as they pray at the shrine of biblical prophet Daniel, in the city of Susa, some 450 miles (750 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, February 2012 (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

‘All the Jews there live in fear that their telephones are tapped’

From the web Iranian Jews tell Israel Hayom about their life in an enemy state

October 12, 2012
11:52 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a public gathering in the northeastern city of Bojnurd, Iran, in October. (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Iran’s supreme leader says army ready to deter any attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns enemies against ‘any thoughts of invasion’ amid tension with Israel and the US

October 12, 2012
2:52 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the latter's trip to the Islamic Republic in August (photo credit: AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Khamenei threatens Iran’s enemies, as Western powers plan new diplomatic push

‘Reformulated’ proposal will offer Tehran some relief from crippling sanctions, should the Islamic Republic agree to limit uranium enrichment

By Yoel Goldman and AP

October 10, 2012
10:16 am

Republican presidential candidate Mitch Romney speaks to CNN on Tuesday 9th October, 2012. (screen capture: CNN)

Romney: There are boundaries that the Iranians must not cross

Republican presidential candidate declares he applies the same test as Netanyahu when it comes to Tehran’s nuclear program, but says military action is a ‘long way off’

By Stuart Winer

October 9, 2012
5:10 pm

Finance Minster Yuval Steinitz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak attend a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April, 2009. (photo credit: Atta Awisat/Yrdioth Aharonot/Flash 90)

Aides to Israeli finance minister deny he was source of Iran leaks

Kuwaiti paper claims Steinitz gave out details of cabinet meetings and tried to blame Barak

By Stuart Winer

October 9, 2012
2:34 pm

An F-16 refueling in the air during a drill. (photo credit: Jeffrey Allen, U.S. Air Force/Department of Defense)

US-Israel reportedly discussing joint ‘surgical strike’ on Iran

Limited attack could set back nuclear program and reassert US influence without inflaming region, Foreign Policy article claims

By Stuart Winer

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Israeli strike on Iran

For Obama and Netanyahu, four more years of mutual dislike and suspicion? Not so fast

The two leaders are unlikely to suddenly become best buddies, but history has defied conventional wisdom more than once about which US presidents are good or bad for Israel

British TV show airs Israeli think-tank’s upbeat simulation of attack on Iran

Channel 4′s ‘Dispatches’ screens footage of recent ‘war game,’ raises questions about whether Israel’s top strategists are overly optimistic about the outcome of a strike

Netanyahu vows to stop Iran, even in defiance of the United States

TV report details assassinations and sabotage in Israel’s decade-long battle to thwart Tehran, traces ups and downs of coordination with Washington; Olmert slams PM for ‘spitting’ in Obama’s face

Iran says three Arab countries let Israel use their air space to strike in Sudan

Tehran’s foreign minister says countries were told in advance of last month’s attack on Khartoum munitions factory

Vice PM Shalom claims Barak slammed IDF in Channel 2 interview for political reasons

Defense minister claims in TV documentary broadcast Monday that army was not prepared in 2010 to strike at Iran if necessary

Security chiefs refused order from PM in 2010 to prepare military to strike Iran within hours if necessary, TV report says

According to Channel 2, chief of staff and Mossad chief adamantly opposed demand to initiate highest level of military readiness, and Netanyahu and Barak backed down

US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran

From the web The Guardian: Military commanders say Arab states would hold back assistance to American efforts in case of Israeli attack

Former Israeli spymaster: We need to talk to Iran

From the web Efraim Halevy, who ran the Mossad under three PMs, tells Al-Monitor you have to understand your enemies

Netanyahu faces wild cards in early elections

Vote pits Israel’s Western-oriented liberals against the PM’s alliance of social conservatives, security hawks and fundamentalist Jews

‘All the Jews there live in fear that their telephones are tapped’

From the web Iranian Jews tell Israel Hayom about their life in an enemy state

Iran’s supreme leader says army ready to deter any attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns enemies against ‘any thoughts of invasion’ amid tension with Israel and the US

Khamenei threatens Iran’s enemies, as Western powers plan new diplomatic push

‘Reformulated’ proposal will offer Tehran some relief from crippling sanctions, should the Islamic Republic agree to limit uranium enrichment

Romney: There are boundaries that the Iranians must not cross

Republican presidential candidate declares he applies the same test as Netanyahu when it comes to Tehran’s nuclear program, but says military action is a ‘long way off’

Aides to Israeli finance minister deny he was source of Iran leaks

Kuwaiti paper claims Steinitz gave out details of cabinet meetings and tried to blame Barak

US-Israel reportedly discussing joint ‘surgical strike’ on Iran

Limited attack could set back nuclear program and reassert US influence without inflaming region, Foreign Policy article claims

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