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"Obliterating" Iran's Nuclear Sites Is Not Enough

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - The U.S. and Israel have "obliterated" Iran's nuclear installations, but the continuing rule of Iran and its terror proxies remains a major threat to security and stability in the Middle East. Iran's regime may have lost its nuclear sites, but it has not lost its appetite to kill Jews and wipe Israel off the map. The Israeli and American military operations against Iran should be followed by a massive campaign to end the rule of Iran's current regime. Would the Allied forces have left the Nazi Party as the rulers of Germany after World War II? Allowing Iran's mullahs to stay in power means allowing their terror proxies to continue jihad (holy war) against Israel. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah and Yemen's Houthis have not given up their dream of destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist terror state. The goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies is to destroy Israel and the U.S. It is a goal they are evidently determined to pursue, with or without nuclear weapons. It is time for the U.S. and its Western allies to understand that there can be no genuine deals or compromises with either Sunni or Shiite jihadists. When your enemies say they want to eliminate you, you have every right to eliminate them first. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
2025-07-01 00:00:00
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