(Washington Post) Jackson Diehl - Every few months a new flurry of speculation erupts about whether Israel is about to launch a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. An upcoming report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, due on Nov. 8, is expected to offer new information about Iran's attempts to develop designs for warheads and delivery systems. The new burst of speculation does serve a couple of purposes for Israel. It refocuses attention on the Iranian threat, and takes it away from the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN; it raises the pressure on the U.S. and its allies to increase sanctions and other nonmilitary pressure on Tehran.
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