What are the Israelis thinking?
Nadav Eyal is an Israeli journalist with broad contacts within the Israeli defense community. In this 46-minute discussion with Dan Senor, Eyal explains why Israel attacked Iran, how it carried it out, and what its goals are.
In simple terms, Israel was convinced that Iran was moving quickly toward a nuclear weapon and that the window for stopping that progress was closing rapidly.
Eyal also explained that Israel and the US put on a show in which the US would say it is holding Israel back from any direct action against Iran—in particular that Israel would not do anything while Steve Witkoff was on his way to a meeting with Iran for further negotiations.
A fascinating view of the past few days from the perspective of the Israeli Defense Forces.