Israel’s former military intelligence boss warned his government should think twice before attacking Iran. Photo/Illustration
Speaking at a panel at the Reichman University Institute of Policy and Strategy conference in Herzliya, Pardo warned that a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than the Israeli Air Force’s successful attacks on Iraqi and Syrian reactors.
“If it is not possible to close this business as we did in Operation Opera (against Iraq’s nuclear program in 1981), then we should think twice,” he was quoted as saying. Middle East Monitor, Friday (11/26/2021).
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Speaking at the same panel, former Mossad head Amos Yadlin said over the past decade, Tel Aviv’s policy on Iran’s nuclear program was decided personally by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu without consultation.
“The Iranian issue is being privatized for one person,” Yadlin said, adding that the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries, including the United States, prevented Iran from making significant progress in its nuclear program.
“The fault was not in 2015, but in 2018 when they (the United States) left the deal in the good years,” he added.
Negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are due to restart next week. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. Talks will resume in Vienna next Monday, after a five-month gap.
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