Nine plane loads of bunker-busting bombs were shipped from the US to Israel. The munitions are intended to prepare Israel for a potential war with Iran.
“Nine US transport planes carrying bunker-busting bombs and other defensive weapons landed at Nevatim Airbase near Tel Aviv, in central Israel,” the Israeli broadcasting authority KAN reported. The outlet noted that Washington also sent additional interceptors for the THAAD air defense system to Tel Aviv.
The munitions and interceptors would be key to Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear program then countering the predictable Iranian response.
KAN explained the massive weapons shipment comes “in anticipation of a possible joint US-Israeli strike, should nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran fail.”
Under President Donald Trump, a US-supported Israeli strike on Iran has become increasingly likely. The administration is divided on whether to attempt to make a new nuclear pact with Tehran or forego diplomacy and attack Iran’s nuclear program.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also lobbying Trump to aid an Israeli strike on Iran.
Tel Aviv would need significant support from Washington to carry out a major attack on Iran’s nuclear program.
The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Netanyahu had requested Trump’s assistance in a series of military operations aimed at Tehran. The Times said the American President had denied the Israeli leader’s request.
However, on Thursday, Trump explained that he had not ruled out attacking Iran, but added, “I’m not in a rush to do it.”
The US and Iran are currently engaged in indirect talks aimed at creating a new nuclear agreement. In 2015, Tehran agreed to additional limitations and inspections on its civilian nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
In 2018, Trump withdrew from that agreement. While in office, President Joe Biden engaged in some talks with Tehran in an effort to restore the Obama-era nuclear deal. Israel was able to sabotage the diplomacy with a series of assassinations and other attacks inside Iran.
Trump has now reengaged with the Iranian government. While US and Iranian officials appear optimistic after two rounds of talks, Trump has pushed for negotiations to move faster.
Israel will also need assistance in repelling any Iranian retaliatory attack. The US currently has multiple THAAD and Patriot systems deployed to Israel.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman.
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Foreign assistance laws prohibit military aid to nuclear-armed countries that are not subject to IAEA inspections.
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Here is the Carp fish's mouth again, blowing bubbles. The way he produces that bubble mouth is not natural.
Old habits die hard…!
The legal team have already filled the complaint box on this matter. No one cares. As you can see.
I can see that your moral compass is broken.
International law on genocide is quite clear on this matter.
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Attacking first with bunker busting bombs is not a use of defensive weapons if words have any fixed definition.
Netanyahu and Trump don't care. They want to control the entire Middle East and Iran is in the way.
… and they will fail…!
Under the right conditions, most of Syria will fall to Turkey.
A clash of ground forces in Syria between Turkey and the US would present an interesting Article 5 situation. I think it's unlikely Israel will be able to retain its recent territorial acquisitions in Syria. Their presence in the Golan Heights is on borrowed time.
The Turks are content with Russia's position along Syria's coast. So much so that most suspect Turkey will join a military alliance with Moscow once NATO de facto terminates.
Conflict of interest much?… USA?!….!
Neocons!….. ….. …… …. …… ……. …… !
Blessed are the Peace Makers!…..!
More sleight of hand from Wash. Watch the so called 'reforms' while nothing changes for Israel, AIPAC and the MIC. Also, stay distracted while our rights are slowly being taken away. The only thing changing is Trump is taking it to the next level, just as Biden/Harris did.
This buildup of armaments and ships in the region should show even the most optimistic that war with Iran, and possibly WWIII is going to happen. Trump, like Biden, and Obama before him are all on the same page, each one takes America to the next level of destruction and tyranny. Stop the inter-party BS, there's one party when it comes to war and blind support of Israel.
Trump’s NSC Director for Israel and Iran Previously Worked for Israeli Ministry of Defense
The American official overseeing White House policy toward both Israel and Iran inside the National Security Council formerly worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Drop Site News has learned. Merav Ceren’s appointment as Director for Israel and Iran at the NSC has not previously been reported, but her work with Israel’s MoD is well known among GOP circles.
Ceren’s appointment gives Israel an unusual advantage in internal policy discussions just as the Israeli government has launched a new campaign to pressure the American government to start a war with Iran rather than continue with negotiations toward a nuclear deal.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trumps-nsc-director-israel-iran-formerly-worked-ministry-defense
BIOGRAPHY
LAST UPDATED:APR 18. 2016
Merav Ceren is a Middle East Fellow at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she focuses on Israel, Iran, and counterterrorism policies. Previously, she worked at Israel's Ministry of Defense, where she participated in negotiations in the West Bank between Israel's Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories and Palestinian Authority officials. She has also researched and written on security and civil society issues for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and studied in Istanbul.
Merav received her M.A. in International Relations from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs. She is fluent in Hebrew, and has varying proficiency in Arabic and Turkish.
Maybe Russia or China will send bunker busting bombs to Iran now?
They bomb tent cities with bunker buster bombs and what have they accomplished? Bunker buster bombs should be the solution to every problem, they kill people and destroy real estate al to win what?
But they are profitable for MIC shareholders, the members of the ruling elite.