๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท Netanyahu didn't want to strike Iran directly, but the preparations he demanded would have signaled one was coming, and Iran would have fired first.
Israeli correspondent Amichai Stein explains how that miscalculation nearly derailed the country's own election.
"If you are doing these things, it means a strike is imminent. And that would have caused the Iranians to open fire, and then you would have all hell gone loose, and the election delayed."
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