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Iran 2025: Nuclear Crisis Awaits Trump: Barak Ravid, Axios, Jan. 6, 2025 — Iran’s recent nuclear advances give President-elect Trump a crucial decision to make in his first months in office: Try to neutralize the threat through negotiations and pressure, or order a military strike.
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Israeli Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Program In 2025 Could Transform Middle East – Analysis: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 6, 2025
Israel’s Red Sea Conundrum: Hit the Houthis or Iran: Dov Lieber, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Saleh al-Batati, WSJ, Jan. 6, 2025
Inside Israel’s Daring Raid That Destroyed Iran-Funded Underground Missile Factory in Syria: Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, Jan. 4, 2025
The View From Israel: Dan Diker and Yossi Kuperwasser, Jewish Policy Center, Winter 2025
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Iran’s Nuclear Programme Nearing Point of No Return, France’s Macron Says: Reuters, Jan. 6, 2025 — Iran’s disputed uranium enrichment drive is nearing a point of no return and European partners to a moribund 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran should consider reimposing sanctions if there is no progress with Tehran, France’s president said on Monday.
Report: Israel Thinks Trump Will Back IDF Strike on Iran Nuke Program or Order US Hit: TOI staff, Times of Israel, Jan. 6, 2025 — Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer reportedly left a November meeting with Donald Trump believing the US president-elect will either support an Israeli military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities or direct a US strike on those sites himself.
Israeli Military on High Alert as Regional Tensions, Iranian Rhetoric Escalate: Veronica Neifakh, The Media Line, Jan. 7, 2025 — Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has placed the Israeli military on high alert, warning that Iran may take extreme measures against Israel in the coming days. According to a report from Walla News, this heightened caution stems from escalating tensions in Iran in the country’s economic, political, and military spheres.
Mossad Chief Said Pushing for Israel to Hit Iran to Get at Houthis: Times of Israel, Dec. 25, 2024 — A report in the Haaretz newspaper says Mossad chief David Barnea has pressed the country’s leaders to concentrate on attacking Iran as a way to stem Houthi attacks, in contrast to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, who prefer to keep striking Yemen.
Russia Urges IAEA to be Impartial in Monitoring Iran Nuclear Program: Iran International, Dec. 25, 2024 — Russia has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to adopt an impartial approach to the monitoring of Tehran’s nuclear facilities, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Tehran is rapidly nearing the position of a nuclear state.