The Iranian problem is not the Israeli problem ( Haaretz editorial)  – “The working assumption is that a window of opportunity still remains in which Iran’s policy could be altered, whether by diplomacy or by imposing meaningful sanctions that would compel the regime in Tehran to halt its nuclear program. This is the same working assumption that has already prompted countless exhausting and pointless discussions and dialogues between senior Western officials and Iran.

Admittedly, this process did lead to sanctions, some international and others American or European. But so far, they do not appear to have brought about the desired result. Today, too, the sanctions policy depends on the willingness of Russia and China to join the battle, and there is as yet no guarantee that they will do so.”

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