On Sunday (January 12), Iran, the United States, and the European Union announced agreement on a deal to implement the major, perhaps historic, deal to slow the Iranian nuclear program. It cannot be a terrific sign that it took six weeks to agree on ways to do what the negotiators agreed to do — but the test truly begins now.…
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Kidon unit, the spies Israel now depends on to look for nuclear cheating by Iran
The Mossad and other arms of Israeli espionage will be focused on Iran. Israel, even without being a direct party to the P5+1 deal with Iran, is more highly motivated than anyone else to find proof that Iran is cheating. A unit considered highly skilled at assassinating Israel’s enemies will likely be tasked with the most difficult missions, behind the…
The nuclear deal with Iran, an undeniably huge change rocks U.S. - Israel relationship
The military option is taken off the table. The U.S. certainly won’t strike Iran in the foreseeable future, and Israel wouldn’t dare defy America’s clear preference for a negotiated settlement. Iran will be allowed to be de facto a military nuclear threshhold nation. The number of months that the Iranians would need to “break out” quickly by enriching enough highly…