This article reviews the ascendance of Iran in Middle East politics, the Iranian nuclear program, and the strategic implications of Iranian aspirations, which all increase the likelihood of direct armed conflict between Israel and Iran. It concludes that Iran's nuclear and hegemonic ambitions remain ...
Israel-Iran conflict Iran is a supporter of Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis. In fact, it is often argued that Israel's current wars are merely part of a greater shadow war against Iran and its network of proxies. Israel has long stressed that Iran poses an existential threat to the st...
“This marked a new phase in the conflict between Israel and Iran with the direct attack on Israel from Iranian soil,” Dr. Raz Zimmt, an expert on Iran, from the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University toldThe Media Line. “From the minute this option was added to ...
The warning from Iran to Israel is written on the side of a missile. It reads: "Decisive victory." Posters of the political leader ofHamasand the head ofHezbollah- both killed in Israeli strikes - are also plastered on ballistic missiles in a slickly produced video released by...
Israel has not sought war since its creation in 1948, the president insisted. "We are peace seekers. We went to peace with our neighbours time and time again. Unfortunately, it all started on the 7th of October when a proxy of Iran, Hamas, led an unbelievably brutal massacre against Israe...
The escalation has further heightened fears of a wider regional war as a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip remains elusive. Hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran triggered sirens in Jerusalem, the Negev Desert, the Dead Sea in the south, the ...
On the same day, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that U.S. officials had cautioned Israel that even a limited ground operation in southern Lebanon could spark a full-scale conflict involving Iran and its allies.■ Streaks of smoke are seen as Israeli anti-missile system intercepts rockets ...
It is also the lesser of Iran's worries: a far bigger concern is whether Trump will tear up Obama's landmark nuclear agreement. This was confirmed today when the Iranian defense minister warned that Donald Trump could trigger a world war and the 'destruction' of Israel and small Gulf Arab...
Israel’s airstrikes in Iran last month destroyed an active nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, the Axios news sitereportedFriday, citing three US officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official. The report came as the UN nuclear watchdog prepares to vote on c...
Tensions are rising in the Middle East, with Israel increasingly looking like it could attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Whether or not the United Stateswill be drawn into such a conflictremains to be seen. The risk of a war between Israel and Iran begs the question, could I...