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Jun 29 โข 50 tweets โข 8 min read
@JeffreyGoldberg , the editor of @TheAtlantic , appeared on @JonahDispatch 's podcast and analyzed the Israeli-American operation against Iranโs nuclear program.
Iโve summarized Jeffrey Goldberg's arguments, and I recommend reading it:๐งต 1. People who say that what happened in Iran resembles the Iraq war might be correct on an emotional level, but other than that โ the facts donโt match. There was nothing about this operation that is similar to Iraq.
Zohar Palti, former Head of the Mossad Intelligence Directorate and former Head of the Political-Security Bureau at Israelโs Ministry of Defense, was interviewed earlier today on @NadavPerryโs podcast.
He analyzed the current Israel-Iran war: ๐งต 1. "We sometimes forget that Iran is a huge country with a population of 90 million, and size of more than 70 times the size of Israel. It has two armies: a regular military and the Revolutionary Guards, and both are enormous.
On Friday Israel launched a special operation to destroy Iranโs nuclear project.
Two former senior generals โ former National Security Advisor Gen. Amidror and former IAF Commander Gen. Norkin โ analyzed the operation at a @jinsadc event.
Hereโs a brief of their arguments:๐งต 1. Genreal Yaakov Amidror, former National Security Advisor: "Let me start with a personal story. When I was head of the Intelligence Assessment Division in 1994, we identified the first steps of Iranโs nuclear project.
Former Head of the Mossad Intelligence Directorate, Zohar Palti, recently gave a very interesting interview on @NadavPerry's podcast.
Here are his main arguments regarding 10/7, the Iranian nuclear program, the Abraham Accords, and the Syrian regime change: 1. "When I woke up this morning, Iran still did not have nuclear weapons, which means someone is doing something right. They have not yet made a decision to go nuclear.
In a recent talk with the @JPressClub , Israeli General (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, former head of Israelโs National Security Council, reviewed the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, and outlined the expected war.
Here are his main points:๐งต 1. There were some reports that nearly half of Hezbollah's missile arsenal has been destroyed but it's not true. Someone said that half of Hezbollah's **accurate** missiles had been destroyed. But, this is a very small part of Hezbollah's Arsenal.
Israeli Brigadier General (res.) Guy Hazut wrote a recent book in which he warns about the costs of "neglecting the ground forces".
In a lecture at the "Forum of Commanders and Reservists" conference, he reviewed the main points of the book: ๐งต 1. We need to talk about three different failures:
The first failure is that we gave up the insurance policy of the State of Israel, and the insurance policy of the State of Israel is not advanced submarines,not the F35, not even the "textile factory in Dimona" (nuclear power).
Brigadier General (Res.) Gal Hirsch, the Israeli Coordinator for Hostages and Missing Persons, gave a rare interview on @NadavPerry's podcast.
There are several interesting quotes in the interview.
Here are the main points from the conversation:๐งต 1. Regarding the current negotiations: I am aware of the feeling created by the summit in Doha last week. The build-up leading to it created very high expectations. I am still hoping that we can bring about a breakthrough, but we are facing very big difficulties.