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'The head of the snake': 8 Israeli Thinkers on the threat of Iran

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JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli thinkers assert that Iran poses the primary existential threat to Israel, overshadowing the conflict with Hamas. 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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IranIsraeli PolicyIsraeli SecurityMiddle East ConflictAnti ZionismInternational RelationsWestern MediaNuclear ThreatRegional Strategy

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Efraim is the president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the chairman for the Department of Strategy, Diplomacy, and Security at Shalem College."
Iran
"We have a missile fire coming from Iran that has put Israelis into high alert, into bomb shelters, into a lot more of a precautionary state."
Palestinian Territories
"it was supported by every anti-Jewish power for the last century. In the 30s and 40s, it was the Nazis. With lasting implications, people don't realize that Hamas's ideology is half Nazi, half Islamist."
United States
"I believe it was a mistake by Israel to encourage the Trump administration to drop out of the nuclear agreement."
Ukraine
"Mind you, the Iranians are now part of the attack on the Ukraine."
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