Former Israeli national security advisor Gen. Yaakov Amidror worries that Israel could get drawn into an Iran-US showdown
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sraeli intelligence figures say military tension in the Persian Gulf is approaching a breaking point. If the Iranians make one false move, they say, the United States will retaliate with force.
An Israeli security source added that, unlike North Korea, where there is no option of American military action on the table, an option does exist to strike Iran. Israel, he said, has been briefed on the details of that plan.
Faced with economic sanctions on their oil and petrochemical industries, a sputtering economy, and a restive population, the Iranians are under pressure. That would explain the two attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf last week, which the United States, Britain, and Israel all pinned on Tehran.
Iran wants the United States to drop the most draconian of the sanctions on its economy and is prepared to take the region to the brink of war to achieve its aims. In tandem, the Iranians are sending contradictory signals to the diplomatic community over their true intentions and spreading disinformation over social media.
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