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some in Israel are getting it wrong with regard to Iran and what the Iranian leadership perceives as serious threats. Israel has to realise that the Tehran regime is more petrified by what is happening to its economy and among its own population than by the possibility of a military attack from Israel. W

032182 --- PAGE BREAK --- 13 Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedanfar 25 June 2011 -- Israel's former intelligence chief, Meir Dagan, has been subjected to a firestorm of criticism - from the Israeli government as well as sections of the media - since he stated that attacking Iran'

ot an Option. Because Iran has been one of Washington's chief antagonists for nearly four decades and finally the framework for a broad deal to keep Tehran from building nuclear weapons has been reached. Yet somehow this agreement faces significant opposition here in America -- including many Republica

d drop a nuke on Israel, former Defense Minister Ehud Barak responded "Not on us and not on any other neighbor." In December 2010 former Mossad head Meir Dagan said that Tehran's Islamic government is "rational" and "considering all the implications of their action." Israeli Defense Force's Lt.-Gen. Benny

mptive Israeli airstrike against Iran's nuclear sites. But as Netanyahu rallies his American supporters and discourages diplomatic engagement with Tehran, some intelligence officials and Iran experts tell The Daily Beast that an Israeli attack may be exactly what Tehran's most hard-line leaders have

monstrates both their deep commitment to Israel's security and their expertise in pronouncing on it, see the issue differently. Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan described the idea of an Israeli air strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as "the stupidest thing I have ever heard." Another former Mossad head, E

here: withdrawal from Afghanistan, which followed the ignominious departure from Iraq; negotiations with the mullahs in Iran rather than bombs over Tehran; an aimless and hollow pivot to Asia that is failing to deter a rising China; a newly assertive Russia seizing territory without consequence; cuts

r. Some contenders have not yet been heard from, chief among them Moshe Kahlon, the popular former Likud Minister of Communications. Then there are Meir Dagan, the former Mossad head, and Yuval Diskin, the former head of Israel's internal security agency. All are privately close to Olmert and had been wai

me in Israel are getting it wrong with regard to Iran and what the Iranian leadership perceives as serious threats. Israel has to realise that the Tehran regime is more petrified by what is happening to its economy and among its own population than by the possibility of a military attack from Israel.

_02029842 EFTA02690075 Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedan far 25 June 2011 -- Israel's former intelligence chief, Meir Dagan, has been subjected to a firestorm of criticism — from the Israeli government as well as sections of the media — since he stated that attacking Ir

ervention.) Third, events have conspired to reduce the number of easy targets against which Iran can retaliate. The British closed their embassy in Tehran late last year after it was ransacked by demonstrators. US troops have EFTA_R1_00229018 EFTA01842221 withdrawn from Iraq. Fourth, Saudi Arabia

ion would be limited and in any case less harmful than facing a nuclear-armed Iran. Those opposed to an attack, such as former Israeli Mossad head Meir Dagan, believe the risks are too uncertain and potentially too costly to justify a strike; in their view, covert actions will be more effective in slowin

lose to reliving the days of the Iran-Iraq war, soon we will have to wait in line for everyday goods," says a 60-year-old, middle-class matron from Tehran. "Things are getting worse by the day," says a 57-year- old Iranian academic preparing to emigrate to North America. "It is better to get out now w

red security chiefs have come out against military action and gained wide public EFTA_R1_00482798 EFTA01990230 attention (former Mossad director Meir Dagan called it "the stupidest idea I've ever heard"). Any decision to go to war requires the approval of the security cabinet, where current military a

en Silverberg and Mark D. Wallace Article 2. Guardian Western diplomats are still getting it wrong on Iran Peter Jenkins Article 3. TIME Why Tehran Might Be Ready to Talk Joe Klein Article. 4. Asharq Alawsat Iran's triple mistakes in Syria, Iraq and Bahrain Amir Taheri Article 5_ EFTA_R1_0

Rod-Larsen Sent: Fri 5/18/2012 5:05:16 PM Subject: May 18 update 18 May, 2012 Article 1. Wall Street Journal Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran Meir Dagan, August Nanning, R. James Woolsey, Charles Guthrie, Kristen Silverberg and Mark D. Wallace Article 2. Guardian Western diplomats are still getti

was suppressed through barbaric violence but its example helped kindle the Arab Spring. As Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University wrote in July, 2009: "Tehran, I believe, is ground zero of a civil rights movement that will leave no Muslim or Arab country, or even Israel, untouched." He added, "The moving pi

e is "a better than 50 percent chance that Israel will launch a strike by next July." That would be next month. It might also be worth recalling that Meir Dagan, the former head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, declared last month that attacking Iran would be "a stupid idea." He suggested his main worry was not