'Cannot take our eyes off the ball:' Israel mulls next move as E3 preps Iran nuclear talks
While the Israeli and US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities caused significant damage, they did not fully destroy them.
TEL AVIV — With talks between Iran and the E3 nations of France, Germany and the United Kingdom set for Friday, will Israel sit on the sidelines? Should it wait while the Europeans, and perhaps later the Americans, advance a new nuclear deal with Iran, or prepare for another round of military action?
While the Israeli and US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities caused significant damage, they did not fully destroy them. Israel assesses that Iran might still be able to restore enough of its capabilities to conduct a nuclear test somewhere in the desert or build a "dirty bomb" combining conventional explosives with radioactive material.
"Israel’s victory over Iran in June was clear and crushing," a senior Israeli cabinet minister told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity. "Still, it was not a decisive one. It was just the beginning of a long process."
Israel's options
