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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/oct-7-and-the-iranian-nuclear-threat-mideast-israel-war-2ff532ce
Oct. 7 and the Iranian Nuclear Threat
(Wall Street Journal) Thomas S. Kaplan - Oct. 7 altered Israel's disposition toward its enemy. The orgiastic paroxysm of hate and bloodthirstiness that unleashed hell on earth in Israel made Israelis comprehend that the Islamists meant their calls for extermination literally. Given hours to do as they pleased with Jewish innocents, Hamas's terrorists created vignettes of barbarism that can never be unseen: infants shot and kidnapped, children burned alive, women gang-raped and dismembered, families slaughtered en masse. At last Israelis woke up to the reality that Iran's objective was what it had professed all along: encirclement followed by genocide. Overnight, a shadow war turned into mortal combat. Having witnessed the daring and ruthless manner in which Israel executed in Lebanon the decapitation of Iran's prize piece on the chessboard, not to mention the impressive long-range raids prosecuted on the Houthis in Yemen, Tehran should realize that the continued pursuit of nuclear weapons - successful or not - could be a death sentence for the regime and the Iranian nation. The writer is chairman and CEO of The Electrum Group LLC and co-founder with Bernard-Henri Levy of Justice for Kurds.