Israeli TV Report Shows Air Force Gearing Up For Iran Attack, Says Moment Of Truth Is Near

[Purveyor]

By Greg Tepper April 15, 2012, 11:49 pm

A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike.

The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he had spent weeks with the pilots and other personnel he interviewed, and in the fact that his assessments on a strike were cleared by the military censor.

No order to strike is likely to be given before the P5+1 talks with Iran resume in May, the reporter, Alon Ben-David, said. “But the coming summer will not only be hot but tense.”

In the event that negotiations fail and the order is given for Israel to carry out an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, “dozens if not more planes” will take part in the mission: attack and escort jets, tankers for mid-air refueling, electronic warfare planes and rescue helicopters, the report said.

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/iaf-plans-for-iran-attack/

[Uncle Joe]

1. More like a moment of bullshit and unprovoked aggression,

so much for international law and the respect of borders.

Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.

[PDJane]

2. Israel will ensure that diplomacy fails.

They've been doing so for decades, and are quite practiced.

[bananas]

3. I found the tv news report

but I don't speak the language.

The news report video is at http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=890394

I found it by looking in the tv reporters twitter feed where he posted a link in one of his tweets:

http://twitter.com/#!/alonbd/status/191756325171113984

Alon Ben-David
? @alonbd
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מתכוננים לתקיפה. איך יתמודדו טייסי חיל האוויר עם מלחמה? ?news.nana10.co.il/Article/?Artic…? ?fb.me/1oQAe0uiy?
10:14 PM - 15 Apr 12 via Facebook · Embed this Tweet

[Canuckistanian]

12. The Google translation says

"Preparing to attack. How (will) pilots deal with war?"

[bemildred]

4. Yawn. nt

[FSogol]

5. Again?

[greytdemocrat]

6. I thought the invasion...

Of the Moon was next???

[MineralMan]

7. I'm not familiar with the source at the link.

I went there, and from what I can see, it's far from an unbiased site. Can anyone characterize it for me briefly? I don't have time to do a thorough analysis of it, but I saw some stuff there that looked like propaganda to me.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I see nothing in Haaretz about it

tho there are several stories about the possible/what if/ attack.

[MineralMan]

9. Thanks. That's why I asked.

I don't follow the Middle East conflict very closely, although I'm well aware of the conflict between a possible armed attack on Iran's nuclear program and establishing some sort of peace in the region. I find the Middle East to be such a confusing situation, overall, that I rarely comment on it or read detailed accounts of it. To make matters worse, it is my opinion that the United States has wrongfully meddled in that region, and never to any good effect.

I'm not a jingoist, but I do believe that the US should present a neutral face in the overall issues of the Middle East. We've screwed up too often to take one side against the other. We, as a nation, do not understand what is going on there, apparently, so we generally make a hash of any attempt to intervene.

Beyond that, On DU, there is a strong factionalism regarding Israel and its neighbors. That's why there is an Israel/Palestine area for people to duck it out amongst themselves. I do not go there.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Some people get Middle East/Israel confused with I/P

so I am glad we have a Middle East group now to collect non- I/P stories.
It will be good to have a record of the progression of events in the area as things are brought to a head.

[Canuckistanian]

11. I've said this before, but, IMHO, if a single western bomb were to drop on Iran

And I include Israel as "western" for obvious reasons.......

Then all Hell will break loose in the Middle East.