FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN

MIDEAST EXPERT: ISRAEL FORCED TO CONSIDER ATTACK ON IRAN

Nuclear agreement leaves Jewish state with little alternative

F. Michael Maloof

WASHINGTON – The nuclear agreement with Iran leaves Israel with little alternative but to launch a military attack against the Islamic regime’s nuclear facilities, a leading Middle East expert says in a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

“Assuming the (agreement) goes through the U.S. government and the U.N. Security Council, it’s hard to see what the Israelis can do to protect themselves other than attack the Iranian facilities,” said Middle East Forum president Daniel Pipes in an interview with G2.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been outspoken in his opposition to the agreement.

Pipes, a historian, writer and political commentator, said that he sees such an attack as “the next stage” and suggests Israel could receive the assistance of Saudi Arabia.

“The now-open relationship between Riyadh and Jerusalem makes the prospect of Saudi assistance less far-fetched than it once was,” Pipes said.

He added that “leaks of Saudi documents shows how preoccupied the leadership is with the Iranian threat.”

“So, yes, (Saudi assistance to Israel) could happen,” he said.

Get the rest of this report, and others, at Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

Israel and the Saudis have sought the total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program, claiming it is a front for making nuclear weapons. The latest agreement between Iran and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – China, France, Britain, Russia and the United States – plus Germany allows Tehran to continue nuclear enrichment, although at a lower percentage of purity of 3.67 percent, down from 20 percent.

The 20 percent purity level is useful in medical research. For a nuclear weapon, a purity level of 90 percent or more is required. Iran also will be required to cut back the number of centrifuges, although it can continue to construct new nuclear reactors.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been especially outspoken in his opposition to the nuclear agreement, calling it a “bad mistake of historic proportions.”

He said it would allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons in another 10 to 15 years if it abides by the deal and sooner if it breaches the agreement’s provisions.

He also said Iran “will get a jackpot, a cash bonanza of hundreds of billions of dollars, which will enable it to continue to pursue its aggression and terror in the region and in the world.”

Following the announcement of the agreement, Netanyahu said Israel “is not bound by this deal with Iran, because Iran continues to seek our destruction.”

“We will always defend ourselves,” he declared.

Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and has sworn against making nuclear weapons.

Pipes said he “didn’t doubt” that Israel would launch some kind of an attack, and “under consideration” among various options is a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, attack on Iranian facilities.

Other regional sources tell G2 that Israel is looking at exploding a nuclear weapon at a high altitude over central Iran.

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