Posted on 10/13/2021 5:33:51 AM PDT by bert
Former Mossad chief: If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, lsrael must be able to stop Iran on its own.
There is greater opposition to Iran’s nuclear program than in the past, former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Tuesday at the Jerusalem Post Conference.
“I think that Iran, to this day, is not even close to acquiring a nuclear weapon... This is due to longstanding efforts by some forces in the world,” he said in response to a question by Jerusalem Post intelligence reporter Yonah Jeremy Bob, which included references to Israeli covert actions in the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s position is also weaker in that there is “less foreign support for what [it is] doing than in the past,” he said.
If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, Israel must be able to stop it on its own, Cohen said.
Asked if that would be possible without bunker-buster bombs, he responded: “We have to develop capabilities to allow us to be absolutely independent, doing what Israel has done twice before” – bombing nuclear reactors in Syria and Iraq. “They should not sleep quietly in Iran,” he added.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, is a misnomer, Cohen said. “In the JCPOA, the C stands for comprehensive,” he said. “It isn’t comprehensive; it has to be comprehensive.”
The deal must be “completely refurbished – not only in one different subject, but completely” – to be effective, Cohen said. “If it isn’t, Iran will continue to have the capabilities it has today or even higher.”
Cohen spoke about how the Mossad, under his leadership, smuggled an entire nuclear archive from Iran into Israel in 2018. That archive referred to three previously unknown nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi “should take these under consideration when allowing countries to sign... the future JCPOA,” he said. “Unless Iran comes completely clean about their deeds in the past, a nuclear agreement should not be signed,” he added. “Grossi should not allow that.”
Cohen also spoke about his involvement in the Abraham Accords normalization and peace agreements between Israel and Muslim states.
The accords are “one of the greatest accomplishments ever,” “a majestic thing” and “no less than a miracle for Israel,” he said. “I hope, I pray that this wave will continue,” Cohen said. “Modern nations have to be in touch with the State of Israel today. That’s because we are so innovative. We believe we have to bring the smartest people around the globe working shoulder to shoulder with us and our tech.
“I believe the light of the State of Israel reaches everybody,” he said. “It is known by all nations.”
Cohen, who is now the head of SoftBank Israel’s investment operations, deflected questions about whether he plans to enter politics. “I’m in business now,” he said.
Israel is beating them at their own game
Sure. And it will still be a couple of months before the Taliban reach Kabul.
He also is saying that he knows Israel can no longer count on U.S.help.
With the NORKS’ or Paki’s help (and all that US money Obummer gave them), Iran can (buy) miniaturize and deliver a nuke very easily. I think it’s a lot closer that Cohen thinks.
-—Cohen thinks.-—
At issue is not what Cohen thinks but rather, what Cohen knows.
He is not your regular run of the mill internet blowhard.
He is delivering a national message to the world
“Iran not close to getting a nuclear bomb”
This below headline has been reported pretty much every month for at least 20 years. Which propaganda should be believed?
Report: Iran a month away from creating nuclear bomb
(September 14, 2021 / JNS) Iran may be within a month of attaining its first nuclear weapon, according to a report issued by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) on Monday.
Maybe.
“We have to develop capabilities to allow us to be absolutely independent, doing what Israel has done twice before” – bombing nuclear reactors in Syria and Iraq. “They should not sleep quietly in Iran,” he added.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, is a misnomer, Cohen said. “In the JCPOA, the C stands for comprehensive,” he said. “It isn’t comprehensive; it has to be comprehensive.”
The deal must be “completely refurbished – not only in one different subject, but completely” – to be effective, Cohen said. “If it isn’t, Iran will continue to have the capabilities it has today or even higher.”
Under his leadership, the Mossad smuggled an archive of info out of Iran, showing three previously unknown nuke sites undisclosed by the mullahcracy.
i think making the bomb is “relatively” easier than the delivery system...
I recognize your distain for everything Chinese, even that which is bad. I don’t dwell under a rock and have interest in what’s happening in the world especially China. China is our enemy.
Know Your enemy......... (don’t hide under a rock and hiss at him)
I doubt you or most others here will watch the video because it belies everything you think you know. The very rich people on the video, the men driving Ferraris and Porches and the women in chic hot pants, American looking clothes and fabulous bodies are the proof I am not wrong.
The rich entrepreneurial class are a big problem for the CCP. The CCP is at war with them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBUee2B5E5w&t=426s&ab_channel=RealStories
The economy is fundamentally sound, and prosperity is right around the corner.
That was so during Obama’s first two terms. It’s doubly so in his third.
The economy was fundamentally sound under Trump. He made it so. It is being dismantled at an exponential rate under Biden. He is making it so. Why?
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