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Living forever by bombardment
By Gideon Levy
Tags: Israel, Iran, Gideon Levy

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So what is the "great plan"? As things look now, this is the way Israel is planning its future: Every time some Middle Eastern country tries to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel will bomb it. Bomb - and bombard. Beyond the problematic assumption that we are allowed to do what others are not allowed, and what is secure in our hands is dangerous in the hands of others, this kind of conduct will lead to disaster. We tried twice, in Iraq and in Syria, and it worked; it is doubtful it was essential.

Now it seems we are going to try a third time against Iran. It may even be successful, but nothing lasts forever. It will end in catastrophe. From bombardment to bombardment, that is not the way for Israel to establish itself in the Middle East in the long term. But no one discusses the long term beyond tomorrow.
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We could and should now discuss the chances, and especially the risks, of an attack on Iran. We usually hold such a discussion, if at all, under impossible conditions: either retrospectively, when it is too late, lacking information or after receiving disinformation. Those in on the secrets are also the ones to make the decision. But those in on secrets always lean in a belligerent direction; war is the only doctrine and craft they know. So it is very dangerous to depend solely on them.

We could and should now consider an attack on Iran, but not only by consulting our own security experts. We should, for example, also listen to the impressive and knowledgeable Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who had reasonable things to say in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth; things that are missing from our warped public discourse. Blix warned that if Israel acts against Iran the whole region will go up in flames, that Syria's nuclear capabilities are primitive, that the attack on the reactor in Iraq was unnecessary, and above all, that the government in Iran can be made to give up the bomb, but not by force.

The Swedish diplomat believes that if the international community offers guarantees of Iran's security and accepts it as a member in good standing as was done with North Korea, perhaps there will be no bomb. This has not been tried. The international community is making do with threats and sanctions that do not deter Iran, and the Israel Air Force is already conducting drills, it is believed, for the next dangerous adventure. The assumption that the window of opportunity is about to close because of the changing of the guard at the White House is distorted: Might not Barack Obama, if elected, talk to Iran and prevent it from developing the bomb without bombardment? Could anything be better?

But talking about an action against Iran is not our main problem. For or against bombardment, Israel never thinks in terms of beyond tomorrow. It acts like a person who puts buckets in a house with a leaky roof instead of thoroughly fixing the roof. So we bombard Iran, and even if it is successful and we do not have to pay a heavy price for it - a dubious scenario - what happens then? What will happen when Egypt wants a bomb? Will we bomb again? And Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iraq? And perhaps Hezbollah has some "dirty bomb" or other? And will we "allow" Turkey to go nuclear? Will we bombard and bombard, and live forever by bombardment?

Israel can fix the holes in the roof only if it seriously tries to be accepted in the region. Such acceptance will be the only guarantee of its existence beyond the next bombardment. A real chance for this was created in the Arab peace initiative that Israel is ignoring in intolerable arrogance. Our national effort continues to be aimed only toward expanding the range of the F-15 and options for in-flight refueling. Nothing has been done in the opposite direction - grounding the planes and refueling diplomatically.

Imagine peace with the Palestinians, the Syrians and most of the Arab world. Would Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dare threaten Israel then, too? On what pretext? Imagine that Israel announces it will not attack Iran until all other means have been exhausted, simultaneously calling on the West to talk to Iran about security guarantees. Does it sound unreal? Will we not contribute more this way to reduce the danger? After all, Iran has so far shown itself to be a rational country, not insane. We refuse to pay the price of peace; we continue to prefer the price of bombardment. But this time the price might be a particularly heavy one.

Israel's pyromania may now have reached the most dangerous point in its history, in the face of Iranian pyromania, just when an alternative track has opened up. The dread of the implications of an attack on Iran may be exaggerated. We might succeed again. And what if we do not? But then again, what if we do?
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  1.   Unfortunately Israel Cannot Be Accepted 09:40  |  Khaled 06/07/08
  2.   "it is doubtful it was essential" 09:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  3.   Er...small correction, Gideon 09:48  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  4.   Why an Israeli attack is mad beyond imagining 09:54  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  5.   "we sould listen to the knowledgeable Hans Blix" 10:00  |  Cipora Juliana Kohn 06/07/08
  6.   Living forever by bombardment 10:08  |  Ralph 06/07/08
  7.   "imagine peace with the Palestinians" 10:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  8.   "Iran is not insane," just suffering from "pyromania" 10:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  9.   Levy, as messed up and ignorant as usual 10:19  |  David Teich 06/07/08
  10.   Israel needs eternal war. 10:28  |  Andreas 06/07/08
  11.   levy ... you from israel...? 10:35  |  ravi 06/07/08
  12.   For David Teich # 9 10:40  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  13.   Gideon is a true Christ of Israel, listen to him, Jews! 10:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/07/08
  14.   Khaled, we Christians give another cheak, why don`t Moslems? 10:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/07/08
  15.   CLICKFOOL 10:56  |  chasaboy 06/07/08
  16.   to Clickfool Why letting Iran have a bomb is mad beyond imagining 11:08  |  CM 06/07/08
  17.   Uh, N. Korea was Building Secret Nuke Site In Syria... 11:10  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 06/07/08
  18.   Living forever by stupidity 11:24  |  tz 06/07/08
  19.   Israel could easily go the way of the Crusader Holy Land state 11:40  |  Michael 06/07/08
  20.   the sane Iranians 11:42  |  dbar1954 06/07/08
  21.   # 1 11:53  |  MORDECAI BEN NATAN 06/07/08
  22.   For db1954 # 11 11:58  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  23.   Why doesn´t Blix tell Iran: if she attacks the ME´ll flame up? 12:03  |  AY 06/07/08
  24.   G. Levy 12:12  |  Arthur 06/07/08
  25.   Israel bites on Ahmadinejads bait 12:13  |  Natallie Durson 06/07/08
  26.   The End justifies the Means? 13:08  |  Imad 06/07/08
  27.   Well somebody has to, don`t they!! Apathy, everywhere. 13:11  |  Harvey (Chaim) 06/07/08
  28.   ISRAEL PREFERS TO LIVE AND NOT BE DESTROYED BY ISLAM`S NUKES ?? 13:39  |  Bill 06/07/08
  29.   Ahmajinejad is the contemporary Nasser 13:54  |  ScotGuy 06/07/08
  30.   Not by the sword 14:02  |  Shimon Cleopas 06/07/08
  31.   Live by the sword and you will die by the sword 14:04  |  Ivar 06/07/08
  32.   Peace, Communism, Genocide Denial 14:05  |  Anonymous 06/07/08
  33.   As Oslo accords promoted heavily by leftists undermine Peace chan 14:09  |  Genuine Tosefta 06/07/08
  34.   BETWEEN STRATEGIC CONCESSIONS AND TACTICAL BLA..BLA..BLA.. 14:11  |  indrajaya 06/07/08
  35.   Peace, communism, genocide denial (cont) 14:13  |  Anonymous 06/07/08
  36.   There will be a diplomatic answer here 14:18  |  Ronnie Wolman 06/07/08
  37.   To all those who say an attack will merely delay Iran 15:03  |  MR 06/07/08
  38.   # 1 Khaled 15:13  |  Bob 06/07/08
  39.   # 2 Cipora Julianna Kohn 15:23  |  Bob 06/07/08
  40.   For Clickfool # 13 15:26  |  Uri 06/07/08
  41.   Living forever by bombardment 15:46  |  James 06/07/08
  42.   To MR # 19 15:50  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  43.   # 5 Cipora Julianna Kohn 16:06  |  Bob 06/07/08
  44.   YEEEES ! 16:06  |  gerhard 06/07/08
  45.   Gideon Levy=Neville Chamberlain 16:10  |  Murray the Mongoose 06/07/08
  46.   # 7 Cipora Julianna Kohn 16:12  |  Bob 06/07/08
  47.   # 7 Cipora Julianna Kohn II 16:14  |  Bob 06/07/08
  48.   Delusions 16:19  |  daat y 06/07/08
  49.   Some salient points. 16:27  |  examiner 06/07/08
  50.   For Uri # 40 16:29  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  51.   # 20 dbar1954 16:29  |  Bob 06/07/08
  52.   Living from day to day. 16:41  |  Nod 06/07/08
  53.   Herzl`s "Rampart" 16:41  |  The Other Alan 06/07/08
  54.   #14 Yaakov 16:45  |  John Allen 06/07/08
  55.   To #34 16:48  |  Amram 06/07/08
  56.   Gideon Levy, are you for real? 16:50  |  John Allen 06/07/08
  57.   Israel is racist 16:52  |  David 06/07/08
  58.   Gideon Levy suggests prioritizing comprehensive ME peace .... 16:53  |  Smadar 06/07/08
  59.   Item by Item 16:54  |  Ron 06/07/08
  60.   Israel sells nuclear information and material 16:57  |  Marilyn 06/07/08
  61.   Wishful thinking Wollman 17:09  |  Dror 06/07/08
  62.   Bombs Away 17:11  |  Hank N Tennessee 06/07/08
  63.   Premise Number One 17:17  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
  64.   # Kohn--- Traveller from outer space is back 17:19  |  Labhras 06/07/08
  65.   Iran will respond furiously on Israel, and especially on Dimona 17:21  |  Aounist 06/07/08
  66.   #44 examiner...Iraq has just transferred 17:25  |  Lynn 06/07/08
  67.   only if it seriously tries to be accepted in the region? 17:30  |  Freethinker 06/07/08
  68.   Is It Absurdity or Naivety? 17:38  |  Victor 06/07/08
  69.   Iran has already breached the NPT it signed 18:00  |  SDHD 06/07/08
  70.   Living forever by bombardment 18:05  |  American 06/07/08
  71.   `grounding the planes and refueling diplomatically` 18:06  |  BBSNews 06/07/08
  72.   Mr Gideon Levy ...really you are a stupid 18:14  |  soldier 06/07/08
  73.   Gideon-hallusinating again 18:23  |  Mickey 06/07/08
  74.   Ronnie Wolman 18:35  |  CHGODMK 06/07/08
  75.   #45 Nod 18:41  |  Labhras 06/07/08
  76.   #47 John Allen re fake Yaakov Sullivan 18:43  |  Fact finder 06/07/08
  77.   The Saudi Initiative 19:00  |  Reid 06/07/08
  78.   How Israel can deal with the Iranian threat 19:34  |  Tosefta 06/07/08
  79.   Saudi Initiative- Arabs should stop the guessing games 19:42  |  Sam 06/07/08
  80.   The wolf who cried "little boy" 19:49  |  Tosefta 06/07/08
  81.   Levy misses the point 19:50  |  Morris Valentine 06/07/08
  82.   Yes, Let the Mad Mullahs have Atom Bombs, Please 20:13  |  Israeli Leftist 06/07/08
  83.   Confusing idealogy with facts 20:16  |  Nathaniel 06/07/08
  84.   Gideon Levy, you`re a FOOL. 20:18  |  d.dor 06/07/08
  85.   The world in the late 1930s 20:24  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
  86.   Not one single shred of evidence has been proffered 20:29  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
  87.   By your "logic," why isn`t Iran ready to pay a price? 20:34  |  McQueen 06/07/08
  88.   Ronnie Wolman 20:35  |  GABE1 06/07/08
  89.   Now, a word from the patron saint 20:38  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
  90.   What does Mr Levy mean? 20:39  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  91.   Thank You 20:42  |  He Who Knows 06/07/08
  92.   Mr Levy would like Israel to be nuked 20:43  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  93.   I would be very grateful to Israel 20:46  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  94.   The core of the matter 20:48  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  95.   The way for Israel to establish itself 20:50  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  96.   Those who bash Gideon don`t know Taneh ( Bible) 21:04  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/07/08
  97.   Make Peace 21:07  |  Jane 06/07/08
  98.   petroelum-oil 21:07  |  ed 06/07/08
  99.   . Discussing the risks 21:12  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  100.   Mr. Levy would like the decision was public 21:18  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  101.   Thanks Mr. Levy..... 21:28  |  Gray 06/07/08
  102.   Watching the rogue state entangle itself is like 21:33  |  Labhras 06/07/08
  103.   #31 No peace w/o acknowledging publicly Israel`s right to exist 21:55  |  DesMnsDave 06/07/08
  104.   #60 Proof of this? 21:59  |  DesMnsDave 06/07/08
  105.   For DesMnsDave # 103 22:21  |  Clickfool 06/07/08
  106.   haha Cipora Juliana Kohn 22:23  |  Teddy 06/07/08
  107.   Labhras; Good Analogy only.... 22:31  |  Gray 06/07/08
  108.   To khaled on #1(can`t be accepted) 22:45  |  Shmuelshachor 06/07/08
  109.   It is much simpler to bomb Iran... 22:49  |  Montrealer 06/07/08
  110.   to Cipora Kohn 22:49  |  Hilda 06/07/08
  111.   hahaha Teddy in London 22:58  |  Uri 06/07/08
  112.   Teddy Baby! 23:03  |  Jane 06/07/08
  113.   Peace is beautiful, Mr Levy 23:05  |  KUTW 06/07/08
  114.   #107 Gray re my analogy. 23:07  |  Labhras 06/07/08
  115.   Yakov Sullivan 23:08  |  CHRISTIAN VAN NIEKER 06/07/08
  116.   BEGIN AND SHAMIR read the correct history 23:24  |  BARUCH HASHEM 06/07/08
  117.   Living forever is better than being dead 23:28  |  Adam Fox 06/07/08
  118.   living forever by bombardment 23:39  |  Captain Zen 06/07/08
  119.   # 106Teddy from London. 23:41  |  17 06/07/08
  120.   Gideon prefers money... 23:42  |  Jenny 06/07/08
  121.   WE will never accept Israel 23:50  |  Raed Kami 06/07/08
  122.   WE will never accept Israel 23:50  |  Raed Kami 06/07/08
  123.   #85, Mark Lincoln 23:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  124.   109. Adam`s comment... 23:54  |  Lionel 06/07/08
  125.   #85, MarkL, is this the 1930`s? 23:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  126.   #86, Mark Lincoln 23:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/07/08
  127.   Raed Kami 00:04  |  CHGODMK 07/07/08
  128.   Raed Karmi-You are supposed to say you just want the West Bank 00:14  |  Sam 07/07/08
  129.   #115 Kohn traveller from outer space having hate 00:19  |  Labhras 07/07/08
  130.   Raed Kami, poor Gideon 00:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  131.   #102 HAS LABARSE OF ARABIA ACTUALLY EVER VISITED ISRAEL? 00:24  |  victor hardman 07/07/08
  132.   Gideon Levy: Please read 113 (114) to see... 00:26  |  Lionel 07/07/08
  133.   Who lives by the sword dies by the sword 00:31  |  Zack 07/07/08
  134.   Gideon Who Is "We"exactly? Speak for Yourself.As For Blix: 00:55  |  anonymous 07/07/08
  135.   #87 McQueen..This article is the worse you`ve written? 01:00  |  anonymous 07/07/08
  136.   Hopefully Iran will retalliate against the settlements 01:08  |  Chanalau, Tova 07/07/08
  137.   # 87 McQueen ...An Addendum To one I just sent 01:10  |  anonymous 07/07/08
  138.   Attack Iran ? 01:27  |  Truth 07/07/08
  139.   Barauch Hashem more history 01:30  |  Truth 07/07/08
  140.   #15 Chasaboy. How safe is Australia - from our `savior` USA? 01:52  |  Maureen Ann 07/07/08
  141.   #131 Victor paul Harrisman 02:56  |  Labhras 07/07/08
  142.   Gideon expects diplomatic failure 03:00  |  peter 07/07/08
  143.   Cipora, you are the one who lusts for war 03:04  |  Mark Lincoln 07/07/08
  144.   In the universe of homicidal psychopaths 03:12  |  Mark Lincoln 07/07/08
  145.   #135 Kathy tryimg to be "anonymous" 03:42  |  Labhras 07/07/08
  146.   chanalau,rah 04:10  |  Connie 07/07/08
  147.   Gideon Levy the antisemite 04:23  |  Robert 07/07/08
  148.   IRAN WOULD SAY TO THE SETTLERS: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 04:23  |  indrajaya 07/07/08
  149.   #9 David Teich nibbles at the edges of the article 04:25  |  Johnboy 07/07/08
  150.   #1, KHALED makes an anti-semite comment 04:50  |  VIPER 07/07/08
  151.   HAARETZ: What can we expect from the idiot such as G.Levy? Stop.. 05:08  |  Vittorio 07/07/08
  152.   Whomever Want Peace With Arab World , Let Him Go Stay There 05:19  |  Joseph.E 07/07/08
  153.   #143, Mark Lincoln and the bait and switch 05:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  154.   #144, Mark Lincoln, "war is always uncertain" 06:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  155.   #126 Do tell, Cipora, do tell.... 06:04  |  Johnboy 07/07/08
  156.   #39, Bob 06:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  157.   #43, Bob 06:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  158.   Approval from gulf states for attack on Iran 06:27  |  Voice of Reason 07/07/08
  159.   #46, Bob, a small facts and large problems 06:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  160.   #47, Bob, the Hamas Charter 06:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  161.   Machiavellian Israel 07:43  |  Fadhil 07/07/08
  162.   To Cipora Juliana Cohen 07:46  |  Otto Rand 07/07/08
  163.   thank you for your sanity 08:44  |  steve 07/07/08
  164.   #105 You want goodwill? Gaza was given, then trashed 08:57  |  DesMnsDave 07/07/08
  165.   #121 Thank you for proving my point, Raed 09:00  |  DesMnsDave 07/07/08
  166.   #154, Otto Rand, no, I do not 09:14  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  167.   Living forever... 09:35  |  Harry 07/07/08
  168.   For Otto Rand # 154 09:47  |  Clickfool 07/07/08
  169.   Israel is not going to make it in the ME threatening others 10:50  |  Dutch 07/07/08
  170.   #155, john 11:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/07/08
  171.   #151, VITTORIO, hypocracy shines again 12:01  |  VIPER 07/07/08
  172.   Just go ahead, bomb Iran - and see ! 16:25  |  Stefan 07/07/08
  173.   Living forever by bombardment 18:09  |  sean 07/07/08
  174.   Khaled 21:21  |  Bill 07/07/08
  175.   #142 Oh Peter, get a grip in Canada! 00:42  |  ballistic 08/07/08
  176.   #147 Robert of San Jose 00:44  |  ballistic 08/07/08
  177.   #170 2nd try to reply to Cipora`s ponification 04:44  |  Johnboy 08/07/08
  178.   #177, john, obviously 06:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/07/08
  179.   #178 Thanks for the laugh, Cipora! 08:37  |  Johnboy 08/07/08
  180.   12: Clickfool still proving his name 14:04  |  David Teich 08/07/08
  181.   149: Too bad JB can`t even nibble at the edges of reality 14:11  |  David Teich 08/07/08
  182.   #181 David coughs up the propaganda like furballs. 17:40  |  Johnboy 08/07/08
  183.   World is unfair stupid! You have to live this way 09:52  |  Jaydev 09/07/08
  184.   battlefield 02:09  |  Joe Hill 10/07/08
  185.   living forever by bombardment 02:25  |  Joe Hill 10/07/08
  186.   Just a single url for JB and other apologists 12:02  |  David Teich 10/07/08
  187.   175: Ballistic talking about a "grip"? ROTFL! (4th try) 21:06  |  David Teich 11/07/08
  188.   #186 It`s a letter from BRITAIN, Teichie 05:08  |  Johnboy 12/07/08
  189.   40-42: JB brings up the usual silliness, p3 14:58  |  David Teich 12/07/08
  190.   188: JB just can`t help but get it wrong (2nd try) 12:59  |  David Teich 17/07/08
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