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Amid standoff with US, would Iran really attack Israel?

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with President Trump considering military action, the Iranian regime threatens to attack Israel if confronted. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IranDonald TrumpMilitary StrategyArab Israeli ConflictMiddle East PeaceMiddle East PoliticsIsraeli Air ForceRegional AlliancesIran U.S. Relations

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London, United Kingdom
"Protesters display Israeli flags along with placards stating Free Iran from the Islamic Republic in London on Jan. 31."
Israel
"Yet the cynical logic behind the warning is credible."
Iran
"As President Donald Trump weighs ordering military action against Iran with officials from both sides scheduled to meet Friday to pursue a diplomatic resolution Tehran has issued a familiar warning: Attack us, and we will strike Israel."
Iraq
"Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein attempted exactly this in 1991, during the first Gulf War."
United States
"As President Donald Trump weighs ordering military action against Iran with officials from both sides scheduled to meet Friday to pursue a diplomatic resolution Tehran has issued a familiar warning: Attack us, and we will strike Israel."
Lebanon
"The Islamic Republic is explicitly committed to Israels destruction and has spent decades constructing a ring of fire around it Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, militias in Syria and Iraq, precision-guided munitions aimed at Israeli cities."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The Islamic Republic is explicitly committed to Israels destruction and has spent decades constructing a ring of fire around it Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, militias in Syria and Iraq, precision-guided munitions aimed at Israeli cities."
Syria
"The Islamic Republic is explicitly committed to Israels destruction and has spent decades constructing a ring of fire around it Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, militias in Syria and Iraq, precision-guided munitions aimed at Israeli cities."

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