When It Comes to Iran, Israel Risks Repeating the Mistakes of 1973 and 2023
The nuclear concept.
May 3, 2024
When It Comes to Iran, Israel Risks Repeating the Mistakes of 1973 and 2023
The nuclear concept.
If Iran succeeds in obtaining nuclear weapons, the war in Gaza, let alone the protests on college campuses, will seem like a minor complication. Jonathan Schachter fears that this danger could be much more imminent than decisionmakers in Jerusalem and Washington believe. In his view, Israel seems to be repeating the mistake that allowed it to be taken by surprise on Simchat Torah of 2023 and Yom Kippur of 1973: putting too much faith in an intelligence concept that could be wrong.
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