By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent: Yossi Melman / Obama quashed Israel military option against Iran
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Title:Taking land as a result of fighting a defensive war is legal
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Iran has mutual-defense pacts, so an Israeli OFFENSIVE attack on Iran would be an act of war on these nations too.

Now as Israeli`s are proud to state over and over, it is lawful under international law to keep land acquired in a DEFENSIVE war.

So an Offensive attack launched by Israel would trigger a situation where Iran, and any ally that joins it in it`s Defensive War, would have the right to take and keep any land they could manage to hold.

An offensive war against Iran would truly put Israeli land at risk, in a way that Iran`s nuclear programs could never do.