Buried within James Risen's interesting New York Times front-pager about the easing of Iran tensions is an even more interesting story about the deep weirdness that is going on within Israel's national security establishment on Iran:
At the same time in Israel, the conservative government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been rocked by a series of public comments from current and former Israeli military and intelligence officials questioning the wisdom of attacking Iran.
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Arming Israel with extra military capabilities could allay its leaders’ impatience to strike Iran, thus buying time for diplomacy, Obama’s former national security adviser saysYitzhak BenhorinWASHINGTON - A former national security ... Read Post
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Eli Lake is the senior national security correspondent for Newsweek/Daily Beast. You can read his recent reporting here and the story about the informal “security cabinet” or octet that may decide Israel's actions, here: Israeli law... Read Post