Opinion  Ron Ben-Yishai
Mossad’s achievement a deterring strategic factor in Israel-Iran conflict
Ron Ben-Yishai
Published: 02.05.18, 23:35
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1. Existential Threat is a Jewish fear, not an Iranian fear
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, MN USA   (05.03.18)
2. Paper Tiger Iran is far weaker than Superpower Israel
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (05.03.18)
3. Nice article optimistic not anti-Bibi hope you are right
(05.03.18)
4. sensible article but in a delirious period in the me
tehraniporou   (05.03.18)
5. Correction-Iran sold Obama & Kerry a lie and they bought it
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (05.03.18)
and they even said thank you afterwards
6. PERMIT TO DECEIVE
joyce fraser ,   Chicago, IL   (05.03.18)
PERMIT TO DECEIVE THE WORLD,
When politics and/or propaganda - tantamount to lies, untruths, omissions, obfuscation, et al - is accepted regularly and customarily, such means of communicating becomes 'license' for hidden agendas and unclear intent.
What messages should we expect our diplomats and world leaders are sending, as the result of 'constantly-misleading' political jargon?
7. Surprise surprise
Boaz   (05.03.18)
Of course eurotrash fell for it. They are not threatened and they dont care if Israel is put in danger. Do not believe a goy even after 40 years in the grave
8. European Appeasers
Michael Lipshutz ,   Melbourne   (05.03.18)
Israel has now verified what it is clear everyone suspected when the Iran Deal was done. The only conclusion is that Obama and the European leaders are lilly livered appeasers with no moral clarity. The lesson of the arc-appeaser Neville Chamberlain has still not be learnt
9. Israel Malat Hasbarat PSYOP talking points for Jews globally
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, MN USA   (05.03.18)
wiki/Center_for_Consciousness_Operations
10. ALL NONSENSE
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED HONESTY   (05.03.18)
All Netanyahu displayed were some files, for all we know they are empty. Just a show for the cameras,and Iran is not a real threat. The real true threat is 60 year -old bus drivers being stabbed in the head by arabs inside Israel ,but bibi does not care about that.
11. I'm still ticked off at the fake president Obozo
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, Minnesota   (05.03.18)
Go back to Kenya where you belong !!!
12. Ron Ben Yishai's analysis of Iran is probably half correct
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv   (05.03.18)
Yes, it's possible that Iran feels very vulnerable right now, due to Israel retrieving 100.000 documents from Iran's secret archives in the very heart of Iran's capital Teheran 1000 kilometers away from Israel.

It's also very possible that Trump will permanently fix or nix the horrendous nuclear deal which is based on a faulty premise, and it's also possible that USA will impose tougher sanctions against Iran and breaking the back of the Iranian economy, and it's also very possible that the Iranian people, now sees a window of opportunity to overthrow the ayatollah regime, due to the perceived weakness of the theocratic Islamic regime in Teheran.

All of this is very likely and also very rational and logical to assume.

But all of this could make the Iranian regime even more desperate and reckless to save their hide.

Israel, USA and the West can finally relax when the Iranian nuclear program and Iranian nuclear infrastructure and installations and the Iranian theocratic ayatollah regime have been permanently dismantled and destroyed, and when the theocratic Shia Muslim Iranian police state has been transformed into a Western liberal secular democracy.

Too early to open the champagne bottle.
13. Liberty and Independence
Gavriel Rechov ,   Dover AFB, DE, USA   (05.03.18)
On October 28, 2014, a senior Obama official dared to say the following: "The thing about Bibi is that he’s a chickenshit. The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars. The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states. The only thing he’s interested in is protecting himself from political defeat. He’s not Rabin, he’s not Sharon, and certainly he’s not Begin. He’s got no guts." Another official said that Netanyahu was "coward" about launching a possible preemptive strike to prevent Iran's nuclear capabilities.

What none of those foolish thought was that the cause of Netanyahu's cowardice was the conspicuous animadversion of Obama towards Israel and the Jews, who will go down in history as the first Muslim agent to become president of America.

But suddenly, what seemed to be sentenced to eternity, happened what to a snowman happens when the sun rises, a sun called Donald Trump, the Star King.

Thanks to him, Israel is going through the best run of good luck since its foundation, and the worst thing we could do is to believe that it will last forever. We live the right times to neutralize our 3 most bitter enemies, the Palestinians, Iran and Lebanon, preachers and murderers of the anti-Semitism which renew all the anti-Semitisms prior to WWII.

Today, and not for long, war is not an option among others, but a categorical imperative that does not admit any delay, maximum when we will have the full assistance of the United States of America.

Mr. Netanyahu, the magician of luck, has now reached the point of overcoming Begin, Sharon and, of course, Rabin, the culprit of all the misfortunes that have happened to Israel since the Oslo accords.
14. BTW Lieberman had a brilliant interview in RF Komersant
Alan   (05.03.18)
15. OBASTARD REALLY SCREWED ISRAEL GOOD...
DA RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED HONESTY   (05.03.18)
16. HA HA HA Dud documents..
Roy ,   ct   (05.03.18)
Iran made a FOOL of israel and nuthenyahoo. What you got are worthless..
17. Ok, we all know Obama and Kerry were dishonest
david ,   hadera   (05.03.18)
But the EU and the UN have been made to look REALLY dumb by going along with this farce
18. OBAMA
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (05.03.18)
Never send a black man to do a white mans' job.
19. revelation of the Mossad's coup was a colossal BLUNDER...
Rafi ,   US   (05.05.18)
a) it exposes Mossad techniques, weakens ability to use them again in future;

b) gives Iran more tools & info on how to BLOCK future espionage by Israel

c) there is ABSOLUTELY no guarantee how Iran will respond vis a vis Israel... whether it will be intimidated and more cautious. This is 100% speculation - and probably wishful thinking - on Ben-Yishai's part.


In short Netanyahu's gambit was a colossal mistake, jeopardizing Israeli security with little commensurate benefit.... except to boost his political standing before next election.

If a tutorial was needed for Pres Trump, next time send him a private top secret report.

So Ben-Yishai: do you still think there was "great value" in Netanyahu's latest PR stunt?
20. Everybody knows Iran was lying, there isn't any new info
Shachar ,   Eilat   (05.06.18)
and the lack of new info suggests Iran is keeping the agreement....any new developments would have been found in the vault. Bibi's childish display was entirely for internal consumption, the Iranians, Russians, Chinese and Europeans just shrugged it off as typical Bibi theatre.
21. Ron can’t u serve in politica
Tehraniporou   (05.06.18)
To act as buffer against all those trigger happy Israelis who could elect a donkey holding a Likud banner and sending other people children to death???
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