Iran is our enemy. That is not disputable. They are also the backers of most international terrorism against Israel and Jews and have been directly and indirectly responsible for horrible terrorist attacks in many countries. Due to the close relationship with the US, US institutions have also been targets of Iran directly or through its many proxies. Just to name a few: 1983 Beirut Barracks bombing that killed 299 US and French military personnel; 1992 Israeli Embassy Bombing in Argentina killing 29; 1994 AMIA Jewish Community center in Argentina killing 85; multiple attacks against US forces in Iraq, Jordan and Syria in the 2000’s; multiple global plots and assassination attempts against US and Israeli diplomats and tourists in Saudi Arabia, India, Georgia, Thailand, Bulgaria, France, Cyprus, Dubai and the US; and the October 7 massacre by Hamas together with the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. They have proven to be the base of terror in the Middle East with hands all over the world.

They are a deserved enemy and target for change. However, Netanyahu’s single focus on Iran over the years blinded him to all that happening beneath his nose in Gaza and Lebanon and his conception that Iran was THE existential danger to the State of Israel also forced the security forces and Intelligence leadership under him to be mostly focused on Iran and anything having to do with Hamas and Hezbollah to get lesser importance and resources which had a large role in our total surprise and lack of preparedness for the October 7 attack.

As so far, Netanyahu has successfully thwarted any and all investigations and commissions which would investigate everything that led up to October 7 because he is well aware of his own culpability, responsibility and blame and has no desire for any of that to be presented by a formal body which would likely determine the end of his political career.

Tami Arad, the wife of Ron Arad, the navigator whose fighter jet went down over Lebanon in 1986, was taken hostage and has never been returned to Israel, posted this week a very true and damning post of the behavior of Netanyahu and his cronies. Here is the translation: “Between Entering and Leaving the........

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