Current and former senior officials in the Israeli security establishment are cited by Ynet’s Ronen Bergman as saying the US may ultimately unilaterally declare a ceasefire in Iran.
These officials say that what’s left of Iran’s nuclear facilities is beside the point, so long as Israel and the US maintain air supremacy over the country, and can attack the moment it begins to revive its enrichment activity or fires missiles at Israel.
If such a ceasefire is declared, and Iran breaks it, Israel and the US could launch joint strikes against vital infrastructure, or energy sites, the report says.
On the other hand, if Iran respects the ceasefire, it will allow the Islamic Republic to claim it subdued Israel and the US, while the US and Israel declare that they’ve eliminated Iran’s nuclear threat — providing an off-ramp from further escalation.
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