If there is one thing that has long defined the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it is Iran.
Retired general Isaac Ben Israel once described Netanyahu’s efforts to persuade the US to exit the nuclear deal as “the worst strategic mistake in Israel’s history” - one that has served only to push Iran closer towards seeking a nuclear weapon as a deterrent.
For decades, Netanyahu has framed Iran as an existential threat to the Jewish people, suggesting that the moment Iran acquires nuclear military capabilities, it will immediately attack Israel.
The absurdity of these claims, which overlook Iran as a sovereign state of more than 90 million people with its own domestic challenges, cannot be overstated.
None of the countries that possess nuclear capabilities appear in any rush to use them. In addition, sparking a bloody conflict with a country of Iran’s size and strategic depth was always a bad idea.
