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Views on Iran

Even the miracle drawing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed at the UN General Assembly has been forgotten. Has something happened in the interim that we don't know about?

By Zvi Bar'el | Dec 19, 2012 | 04:59 AM | 4

Kuwait urges Iran to address worries on nuclear plant
By Reuters | 1
Iran backing Assad to avert collapse of anti-Israeli front, says Khameini aide
By Zvi Bar'el | 7

Israeli tanks are stationed at an Israeli army deployment area near the Israel-Gaza Strip border

Preparing the ground for the big Iranian operation

The current operation in Gaza can be called 'the little southern Iranian operation,' since it's designed to paralyze Iran's power in Gaza.

By Salman Masalha | Nov 20, 2012 | 03:14 AM | 17

Selective censorship

The chief censor is generally inclined toward a progressive interpretation of the law, but in two central issues - the strike on the nuclear facility in Syria and the preparations for a possible attack on Iran - the censor's decisions have been inexplicable.

By Haaretz Editorial | Nov 9, 2012 | 05:19 AM

Iran nuclear talks in Baghdad May 23, 2012 (Reuters)

We need to talk

From Israel's point of view, it doesn't matter who gets Iran to agree to stop enriching its uranium.

By Haaretz Editorial | Oct 23, 2012 | 05:25 AM | 2

Netanyahu, Olmert, and Israel's impending war with Iran

The PM boasts that he has never brought Israel to war. But how does this reconcile with lines he has set for attacking the Islamic Republic?

By Yossi Verter | Oct 16, 2012 | 01:01 PM

Did Bibi's bomb bomb?

Netanyahu’s cartoon oversimplified the Iranian nuclear threat. That should not, however, cause us to miss the central message he was attempting to send.

By Graham Allison | Oct 9, 2012 | 11:29 AM | 3

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drawing a red line on an illustration

Red lines, black portrait

Under Netanyahu's leadership, ultranationalism and the medieval forces of radical Judaism paint a black portrait of Israel.

By Haaretz Editorial | Sep 30, 2012 | 03:23 AM | 3

The blind artist

Yes, bitter resistance to Israel will always remain, but Israel does not lift a finger to lessen it except to make threats.

By Gideon Levy | Sep 30, 2012 | 03:23 AM | 4

Nuclear recalcitrance

In Jerusalem, as always, any mention of Israeli nuclear weapons produces a Pavlovian response. No, no, no - there's nothing to talk about and nobody to talk to.

By Reuven Pedatzur | Sep 30, 2012 | 03:23 AM

Casus Bibi

Netanyahu's speech opens a dangerous breach in this direction. As usual with him, the verbal envelope, preferably illustrated, is more important than the substantive content.

By Amir Oren | Sep 30, 2012 | 03:23 AM

Shadows in the cave

Israelis need to ask themselves: What parts of our reality are indeed real, and what is merely shadows that others want us to see?

By Eytan Avriel | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:59 AM

The dangers of playing at regime change

When is an Iranian terrorist not a terrorist? The answer is simple: whenever the West says so.

By Raymond Barrett | Sep 28, 2012 | 12:16 PM

Now the cards are on the table

In the wake of Secretary Clinton's decision, Jerusalem and Washington should reset their Iran policy by embracing regime change there as a priority.

By Raymond Tanter, Ivan Sascha Sheehan | Sep 28, 2012 | 12:16 PM

Latest News on Iran

Poll: 64% of Americans would support U.S. strike to prevent Iran's nuclear program

By Chemi Shalev | 06:28 PM | 21

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in Tehran, Iran.

Iran will promise UN not to seek nuclear bomb, semi-official agency reports

By The Associated Press | 05:53 PM | 21

Obama to U.S. Jews: Still room for Iran diplomacy, no point in 'chest beating'

By Chemi Shalev, Barak Ravid | 11:37 PM | 44

The Axis

An Iranian technician holds a monkey which has been prepared for riding Iranian rocket into space.

After the monkey that didn't quite make it to space, the Iranian 'stealth bomber'

By Anshel Pfeffer | 08:55 PM | 11

IAF long-range capabilities mean more than just Iran in the crosshairs

By Anshel Pfeffer | 03:50 PM

Iran's space monkey is merely a PR stunt

By Anshel Pfeffer | 08:58 PM | 2

In-Depth Iran

Itzhak Segev. "We looked local so we didn't stand out."

For Israel's last military attaché in Tehran, 'Argo' is kids' stuff

By Gilad Halpern | 11:53 PM | 16

Israel unlikely to attack Iran before summer, senior officials say

By Amos Harel | 03:15 AM | 73

When the cameras roll, Israeli leaders are only too happy to talk about Iran

By Amos Harel | 09:45 AM | 3