This Waiting Game Must End: Hit Iran at a Time of Our Choosing, on Our Terms
[Published on Times of Israel here 8 August '24] This Waiting Game Must End: Hit Iran at a Time of Our Choosing, on Our Terms The mood in Israel seems reminiscent of everything I’ve ever heard or read about May 1967. (And not just in Israel but among Jews and other supporters of Israel around the globe.) We all know (hate that phrase but it fits here) that Israel’s 1967 opening military operation was and is the paradigm of a legitimate pre-emptive defensive first strike under the laws of war and the UN Charter, still taught in law schools (in the West, where it counts). Can anyone question that the same legitimacy applies now to a long-overdo attack on Iranian military installations, nuclear plants, and leadership – as ToI r eported Israel is considering? Historical analogies only go so far, but… in this case there’s another element which is worth noting (which The Times of Israel leaves out in its article – David Horovitz take note?): Iran on April 13 attacked Israel direc