—”Hitler went even further. The Nazis faked a Polish attack on a German border town.”
Brilliant!
Suppose Israel launches a single-missile attack on itself from one of their subs near Iran that causes minimal damage. Then blames Iran and retaliates overwhelmingly.
That would be the best way to get the ball rolling. Of course, then there would be less surprise effect.
We're thinking up scenarios where both sides are civilized and logical. The Islamists always lie, and never listen to Israel. Israel can blame Iran all it wants, but no one would listen and Iran would lie about everything.
So it doesn't matter if Israel waits to be struck first in order to blame Iran, or strikes pre-emptively and gets blamed. The latter situation of a pre-emptive strike leaves Israel in a better position, while the former case of waiting to be attacked can be devastating to Israel's people. Iran is going after civilians in all-out attack, while Israel is going out to get military targets. I would rather see Israel strike first.