The Jerusalem Post published an article headlined 'Syrian lessons' devoted to the Iranian nuclear programme and Israel's position on the matter.
"In past cases, Israel pursued its best interests despite US opposition. And in retrospect, Israel was right to do so. That should be the lesson that Syria, September 2007 teaches us with regard to Iran, September 2012," the article begins.
"If foreign news media reports are correct and it was Israel that bombed a Syrian nuclear facility in September 2007, are there any lessons that can be learned today vis-à-vis the Iranian threat? That question was raised by David Makovsky in a report appearing in the latest edition of the New Yorker that breaks new ground in describing the details of that strike."
"The situation in Iran is radically different. The Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is well publicized. Even the locations of its facilities – in Fordow, Natanz and elsewhere – are known. Deniability is not an option. And with multiple facilities, some of which built underground, the attack on Iran would be significantly more complex," the author believes.
"Israel pursued its best interests despite US opposition. And in retrospect, Israel was right to do so. The same sort of independence of thought and action that directed Israeli policy in each of these fateful turning points should be applied with the question of stopping Iran, a country led by apocalyptic Shi’ite mullahs vowing to “wipe Israel off the map,” the article reads
"That should be the lesson that Syria, September 2007 teaches us with regard to Iran, September 2012," the author concludes.
