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Israel's Audacious Move May Ultimately Make Us All Safer
(Sunday Times-UK) Editorial - With an audacious attack, which it called Operation Rising Lion, Israel inflicted enormous damage on Iranian pride, as well as the country's military and nuclear capability. Helped by a network of Mossad agents operating within Iran, Israel struck sites associated with the country's nuclear program, as well as airfields and missile bases. It claimed to have already achieved air superiority west of Tehran. Perhaps most extraordinary was the success of Israel's attacks in taking out key Iranian personnel. Iran represents an existential threat to the state of Israel, and indeed has been such since the Islamic revolution of 1979. Iran attacks Israel both directly and through its many proxies. Were Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, the scale of that threat would only grow. Iran is also a threat to the UK. Last month three alleged spies appeared in court, charged with targeting journalists working for the independent Iran International TV channel in London. The British security services have consistently warned that Iran is fomenting plots here. Israel has done the world a service by counteracting Iran's efforts to turn itself into a nuclear power. It has done so at considerable risk to itself and its citizens. We should stand shoulder to shoulder with it on Iran.