Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said Israel “reserves the right” to act against Iran to stop it from obtaining nuclear weapons if the rest of the world doesn’t take action.
“The world needs to stop Iran from getting a nuclear capability, no matter the price. If the world doesn’t do it, Israel reserves the right to act,” Lapid said in Moscow while meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Israel is constantly claiming that Iran is racing to develop a nuclear bomb when that is not the case. Iran’s current nuclear activity includes enriching uranium at 60 percent, the highest level Iran has ever attempted. But this is still well below the 90 percent needed for weapons-grade uranium, and it is only being done in response to Israeli covert attacks on Iran’s nuclear program.
Like other Israeli officials, Lapid pretends Israel doesn’t have nuclear weapons and claimed if Iran obtains a nuclear bomb, it would “lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.”
Current estimates put Israel’s secret nuclear arsenal somewhere between 90 and 300 warheads. In a recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Biden reportedly carried on the US tradition of agreeing not to push Israel to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran has signed and abides by.
Lapid and Lavrov discussed the situation in Syria, a country Israel regularly bombs. Israel frames its airstrikes in Syria as part of its war against Iran, but they frequently kill Syrian troops and members of Iraq’s Shia militias. Because Damascus is an ally of Moscow, Russia is reportedly working to curtail Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
Israel needs to perpetuate the eternal victim status they cultivate. The holocaust of course is the foundation of the programme but targeting regional powers for concocted villainous activities has always been a successful ploy for their lobbyists in Washington and elsewhere.
The best, most powerful PR engine in the world. Russia should have a no-fly zone over Syria, specifically to shoot down Israeli F-16s.
That would be the best excuse for Wash. to go to war against Russia and WWIII would begin.
Washington likes to pick on the small and the defenseless. Just like a bully, the US is not interested in fighting those who can fight back.
Ain`t that the truth.
I can tell you have an IQ the same as a small girl’s ring size1
I do not think that was a practical idea, either.
But let us not subject anyone here to demeaning adjectives, we hear enough of such superiority attitudes towards others from Israel.
Israel will never attack Iran without US backing and doing the main work.. Just like in Iraq and Syria.
If Israel goes in, the Israel lobby can force the U.S. military to follow.
When will our President tell Lapid “shut up”?
Never, Dieter. He’s a dyed-in -the -wool Ziofascist.
That, and he’d sooner doze off.
Boycott, Divest, Sanction.
BDS as if someone’s life depends on it…IT DOES
Vote for Trump.
woke woke woke. Bring back Trump
A number of interrelated Middle East developments. Russia and Saudi Arabia recently announced a military arms contract that centers around the Saudis acquiring Russia’s S-400 and other like systems.
It’s no surprise to even armchair observers that the US’ Patriot missile defense systems is nothing short of abysmal. Russia’s S-400 system needs no introduction.
The questions about how severe the damage to Saudi refinery infrastructure is readable between the lines. How quickly can or will the Russians supply the system? Israel enters the scene as they import Saudi oil. Those numbers are somewhat vague as one might expect with Israeli dealings.
Whether one believes the Iranians are supplying missiles or spare parts to Yemen’s Houthi rebels might be immaterial because Washington, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv are feeling the pangs of war.
What percentage of global oil infrastructure–including oil-tankers–will be sabotaged or out of service while the world undergoes the throes of oil price hyperinflation?
So you are saying that the main Tehran counter strategy is to cause US and Israeli oil recession (the pangs of war)? that this is the real reason for the sustained hysteria out of Tel Aviv?
It may be an implicit strategy. A confluence of events that favor increasing Iranian oil production and decreased Saudi oil output
lends credence to a US-Israeli false flag-cum war against Iran.
Israel is too excited and hypocritical while playing this nuclear card. The world know Tel Aviv has at least 80 warheads.
For Israel, this is about Libya, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, the Palestinians’ existential concerns, and a future Pan Israel across the Middle East.
If the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar exhibit similar ideas toward oil exports to Israel due to Russian and Chinese diplomatic pressure, Israel might pull back.
How will the Pentagon engage this past Joe Biden’s alleged disapproval?
“Every US president since Nixon has agreed not to press Israel to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In return, Israel agrees not to declare its nuclear arsenal and operates the program covertly.”
That’s like saying we won’t turn you in for being a serial rapist as long as you keep raping.
Please be our guest. If Israel is crushed in the process, that’s billions less in foreign aid we dole out for nothing that we will save.
Has this not been Israels position since just about forever? I mean, what’s different here?
Israel cannot do much…! Any strike will lead to 90+% enrichment…! Go ahead, make their day…!
A steady escalation of drone strikes till they are normalized as commonplace is possibly the objective.
Works in Syria.
Let them do it alone.
Meanwhile, launch a strike on Dimona. They are the ones with nukes and they make threats to use them
The world does not need nuclear holocaust — poisoning environment from destroyed nuclear facilities.
It is best to let it talk trash, and not react to provocations. With all allies in ME disappearing and nobody left to “defend” from Iran — what then? Israel may have to deal with the loss of its significance to ME politics.
More false flags? All previous fizzled out, as nobody believes that Iran has any designs on their sovereignty.
Israel is not likely to give up. Does not know how to fold, will keep on bluffing. It is borderline overreaching.
Instead of worrying about Iran why don’t they worry about the covid-19 pandemic they have? Or should I say vaccine pandemic?
Just do it, then, and quit yapping about it like a chihuahua on speed. Go ahead and attack Iran, all by yourself, and get it over with. But when Iran responds, I don’t want to hear one word about it- you reap what you sow.
You will hear about it, Wash. will side with Israel to take out Iran and get its oil which is the real agenda in Wash.
Somehow I do not think it possible any more for US or UK or any country to just take another country— get oil or anything else.
Just do not find it realistic.
We are having a health crisis as we speak.
We have just dodged a bullet avoiding a serious political crisis when Biden had a lapse and publicly announced booster vaccine rollout —that was not approved by FDA! Call it “third shot” or a “booster” such change in treatment required testing, supporting data and evaluation by FDA to insure against harmful effects.
With two top FDA vaccine officials pushed out of the door for objecting — path for Pfizer approval is being paved.
Sure enough, belatedly Pfizer submitted application. $1,500 offered for volunteers to test “third dose”.
Offense being best defense— Biden lashed out at unvaccinated, as if vaccinated did not contribute to spread and overall rise of infection rates.
All of his hastily produced plans for tackling COVID amount to more money for Pharmaceuticals, more testing as if it were the magic bullet, just to tell infected to go home and infect others.
Tiresome Fauci should have been sent back to lab where virologist belong , and let epidemiologist take over the management of this health crisis.
Similar situation in Israel, where populace already received third shot, and without a whiff of health data evidence — they are being told to expect fourth, or fifth.
Two countries, plus UK where the daily cases soared to nearly 40,000 — looks like a good time to talk trash, flexing muscles for war. Or does it?
A risky proposition. The concept of hit and run attacks on Iran may not work. Worse, it MAY work, subjecting us to retaliation, and a grave danger of escalation. As Pat Buchanan recently opined, who is the aggressor? Who is constantly dividing world into acceptable and unacceptable — with us assuming the right to force others to change.
Casual thinking that the world is still the same, is dangerous. That we alone decide to toss a country against the wall to make an example and scare others.
Should such a crippling move be attempted, a very asymmetrical counter action may occur to force us to move out of harms way to protect our exposed naval assets.
I am no longer assuming a gentlemanly retaliation with advance notice.
What is Israel’s angle here. Just deflecting from being pushed into allowing cement into Gaza so Egypt can start reconstruction? Forced to cough up Qatari money due to Palestinians, having to cough up the chocolate from China due to Palestinians, forced to expand fishing zone to Palestinians? Or an embarrassing prison break? Or just dismal COVID situation. Or all of the above.
Biden cannot be possibly that deluded to think that military adventure is the best option at present.
Biden can be and IS deluded, darlin’, possibly due to senility.
Or the fact that he’s never met a war he didn’t like.
Biden was always a few fries short of a happy meal.
Har! Or a few sandwiches short of a picnic 😉
Every 78 year old human being is senile to an extent. None of them should be president.
Ageism is immoral and illegal.
I have yet to practice any kind of discrimination against the aged. Being senile is a human condition that is undeniable. Senile people shouldn’t be president.
Remember Gen. Wesley Clark’s expose of the ‘7 countries in 5 years’ agenda with Iran being the last country to be ‘taken out’? You can hear him say just that on YouTube. All the other countries have been invaded by the US, Iran alone remains the last one to be.
My recollection is that that he said that a LOT longer than five years ago.
Like ‘1984’ and ‘helter skelter’ all three predictions are a little late, but they have and will happen.
Who ever takes on Iran better have plenty of body bags ready to go.
We need to make it clear to Israel that if they want to attack Iran they are on their own. I hope Biden is strong enough to do that. Israel hold powerful influence in this country. It’s time to draw a line. We don’t want or need another war and we are trying to negotiate a deal with Iran to halt it’s nuclear activities. That is better than war.
Even though Sleepy Joe claims to be a Zionist, I don’t think he has forgotten how Bibi announced the expansion of illegal settlements when he was over there for a visit. Very humiliating.
Wash. is committed to do Israel’s dirty work for them which is another way of saying Wash. is committed to Israel’s security.
As the state keeps America distracted with abortion and petty political issues, WWIII seems to be the next war on the endless war agenda in Wash. If you want to see how ignorant, biased and diametrically opposed red and blue sheeple are, go to ‘The Hill’.
OMG, the comments on that site. Despicable, both sides.
Oh Gee! Don’t you know Uncle Joe will come to your rescue the same as if you were a U.S. Citizen left in Afghanistan.
If Israel were to attack Iran a world war could result. Because so many nations now have the bomb, all of humanity would be in danger. So when Isreal threatens Iran, Israel is threatening all of humanity in the same breath. The “world” should be kind and loving but when a single nation thinks it can boss all of us around with its threats we have to figure a way to let that nation know it’s time to behave.
Maybe “the world” should act against Israel if Iran doesn’t.
This article scares the living hell out of me. (!)
Israel isn’t mincing words here. Israel is crazy enough to deliver on this.
The U.S. better give Israel the ‘bitch slap’ it deserves and tamper this madness down.
Israel does not want to incur the cost of attacking Iran but it prefers to send their henchman to do the dirty work.
I just want to see this language and these threats properly quashed…
In other words, free speech for yourself and your friends only.
Lapid is setting the stage for sabotage and assassinations, not overt military strikes.
Quite honestly, Iran needs to step up their security. It’s not like their nuclear scientists aren’t being murdered. And Israel would do anything short of invading to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities, which, ISRAEL KNOWS, are entirely peaceful.
Really,then why waste the lives of their agents anf airmen,unless the danger from Iran is real?
If you have to ask why, the answer is usually “money.” In this case, the purpose of using Iran as a Menckenist hobgoblin is to justify, maintain and expand the (currently) $3.x billion annual redistribution of wealth from America’s productive class to Israel’s political class, as well as similar internal Israeli redistributions.
Translation: Israel will drag the world into war with Iran if they won’t go in willingly.
Same old, same old. They have yet to actually make good their threats.
Instead, they make the rest of the world reluctant to criticize incremental Israeli escalations, and Iran more tolerant of them.
Israel may be boiling the frog, angling towards some kind of Syrian-ization of Iranian airspace using drones.
It`s about time someone nuked the Isreali invaders / occupiers of Palestinian lands.
Almost downvoted you. Agreed, they need to be shown to their pre-1967 borders, but I don’t think nuking them is the answer. Why Hamas hasn’t sent rockets into the settlements, I don’t know.
The next target in the Yinon Plan is Syria and Israel and the Biden team are trying to get Russia out so they can finish the destruction of Syria. Then onto Iran.
Is anyone recalling a very large elephant in the room?
Iran may not have nuclear weaponry yet, but Pakistan does..and Pakistan is no friend of Isra-hell.
The hatred overflows.
How many years headstart does Israel need in this particular race?
This is just beyond the absurd.
The nuclear bomb is probably one of the few weapons that is never meant for use and is a status symbol of great value. Those who have mastered the technology are admitted into an elite club of high technology. A market for a whole range of high technology items are available to them. By being a nuclear power changes the nature of agreements and peace deals. In fact if a nuclear armed nation actually uses a nuke most of that elite status is gone
Outside of that Iran has everything to gain by becoming a nuclear power. When Iraq destroyed its weapons of mass destruction it allowed the US led coalition to eviscerate it. If Iran de escalates it will face the same fate. No matter what threats Israel levels at Iran the only way forward is to become a nuclear power. Once a nuclear power Israel is forced to negotiate.
“Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said Israel “reserves the right” to act against Iran to stop it from obtaining nuclear weapons if the rest of the world doesn’t take action.”
Reserving the right to act against Iran and actually exercising that right are two different things.