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Officials believe if US joins fight against Iran, it could end in a week
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
If US President Donald Trump decides to join Israel’s operation against Iran, “it would be behind us in a week,” a senior Israeli official tells Channel 13. “The duration would be significantly shortened.”
The goal of the war, says the official, is not to fight “an existential war against Iran.”
“The main goal is to harm the nuclear [program], and if we cause unrest among the Iranian public – great.”
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