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Ex-Mossad chief said what should be clear to everyone – Israel has never been so close to attacking Iran

When a former Mossad chief like Ephraim Halevy is quoted saying that for next twelve weeks, 'if I were an Iranian, I would be very worried' about and Israeli strike, we should take him at his word. If he were Iranian, he would be very worried.

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Ephraim Halevy is a responsible sort of guy. A former Mossad Chief, National Security Council head, an ambassador, he even was a journalist for a short while more than fifty years ago. So when he is quoted by the New York Times and

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