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What the World Misunderstands about the Threat to Israel
(Telegraph-UK) Charles Moore - With Israel's repeated, wide-ranging and successful attacks on Iran's installations and key military leaders, the Israeli air force has displayed the greatest effectiveness since the 1967 Six-Day War. Few countries face targeted, active existential threats - an enemy trying to wipe you out. Israel is one such nation. The Iranian regime wants not only to destroy the state of Israel, but also to kill all the Jews who inhabit it. "Death to Israel" is the constant cry from the ayatollahs' pulpit. It is why Iran wants the nuclear bomb. Western powers undoubtedly do not want a nuclear Iran, seeing it as a menace to regional peace. They regard this as just one of the trickier questions of international relations. For them, the question is not existential. For Israel, it is. For a long time now, Iran has been the principal orchestrator of global and regional attacks on Israel. What does seem clear is that Israel is winning by prosecuting its long-term existential aims rather than seeking an unavailable peace process. The writer, a member of the House of Lords, is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, and the Sunday Telegraph.