Israel pushes for greater cooperation with the US in targeting Iran

Credit: Iran Radar

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With Iran’s Axis of Resistance in shambles, Israel and its supporters in the United States are lobbying for greater US-Israeli cooperation in targeting the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missiles and nuclear programmes.

The Israeli push comes in advance of President-elect Donald J. Trump entering the Oval Office on January 20 and in the wake of the Axis’ loss of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s Syria, the weakening of Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah and Gaza’s Hamas, Israel’s destruction of Iranian air defences, and the US, British and Israeli targeting of Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

“With key adversaries weakened and air defense systems neutralized, Israel’s path to Iran’s nuclear facilities has never been more open,” said Iran Radar, a hardline Israeli blog that is vague about who publishes it and who its contributors are.