“Halt mich, oder ich mache etwas Verrücktes“
25. July 2008 - 13:46
TIME hat sich in Israel ein wenig umgehört, wie dort über einen möglichen Luftangriff auf iranische Nuklearanlagen diskutiert wird.
Die Aussagen, die TIME zusammengetragen hat, sind nicht unbedingt repräsentativ, aber zwei Zitate fand ich recht interessant.
Active and retired Israeli intelligence officials interviewed by TIME tended to dismiss Iran’s threats of retaliation against Israel and the U.S. Ephraim Halevy, the previous Mossad chief who now heads the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, says, “Iran is not 10 feet tall.” Halevy contends that a barrage of Iran’s missiles on Israel would not do too much damage, since dozens would be shot down by Israel’s advanced anti-missile system. (Iran staged a missile test recently in which the published photo had been doctored to hide the fact that one of the fired missiles was a dud.) Halevy claims that “the relative success” of the U.S. military’s surge in Iraq has curtailed Iran’s capacity for mischief among its Shi’ite brethren in Iraq. He also doubts that Iran’s ally Syria, which has long-range missiles, or its Hizballah and Hamas allies would risk a major dust-up merely to exact revenge on Iran’s behalf. Still, Halevy warns that the long-term effects of attacking Iran could be devastating for Israel, and the region. “This could have an impact on us for the next 100 years,” he says. “It will have a negative effect on public opinion in the Arab world, and we should only do [a strike on Iran] as a last resort.”
Israelische Kenner des Irans sehen zudem, dass ein Angriff (und auch das ständige Gerede davon – würde ich hinzufügen), nicht diejenigen in Teheran stärkt, die zu Kompromissen bereit sind.
Meir Javedanfar a respected, Iranian-born writer and analyst specializing in Israel-Iranian relations, warns that an Israeli attack would unite Iranians around their hawkish president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “This would guarantee that Ahmadinejad wins next year’s elections,” says Javendafari, who says that right now the incumbent’s reelection is in doubt because of the economic hardship he has brought to Iran’s middle classes. …
After a public scolding in a conservative newspaper by a top aide to the Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ahmadinejad several weeks ago publicly declared that Iran has no intention of attacking Israel or anyone else unless it was hit first. Halevy concurs. “I don’t detect an appetite among the Iranians to bring about a catastrophe.” But, he cautions, “There’s a narrowing gap of opportunity for negotiations.”
Gut zu wissen, dass die Diskussion innerhalb Israels nicht so hysterisch ist, wie manche Politikeräußerung suggeriert.
Mein Lieblingssatz aus dem Artikel.
Until now, Israel has been using a “hold me back, or I’ll do something crazy” tactic, concedes the ex-Mossad officer.
Ein wenig Selbstzurückhaltung würde anderen die Aufgabe leichter machen.
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