The Times of Israel posted a lengthy story by its editor, David Horovitz, yesterday, which spins the tale of an imminent Iranian strike, aimed at wiping Israel off the map, to which Israel had to respond.
“The Iranian regime was increasingly convinced in recent months that it would soon be able to destroy Israel. The ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock in Tehran’s Palestine Square was not an exercise in bravado. It was a public countdown to what the ayatollahs believed was Israel’s imminent demise, at their hands,” Horovitz writes at the outset. “Israel’s elimination, the regime delightedly, and rationally, assessed, was truly at hand.” Horovitz’s story, based on accounts provided by the Israeli military, reinforces the Israeli narrative that Iran was about to “destroy” Israel and the U.S., thus justifying the June 13 surprise attack.
“And the truth is, apocalyptic as this certainly sounds, the assessment was reasonable,” Horovitz goes on. “That is the sober, honest judgment of the military and security chiefs who told Israel’s political leaders in recent months that Israel had to go to war against Iran, preferably in June and certainly not much later. That the end of 2025 would be too late. That it was now or never. That Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. And that the regime’s fast-growing ballistic missile capability was rapidly becoming an existential threat as well.
“The political leadership listened. It was persuaded. It coordinated with the US administration. And Israel indeed went to war. And saved itself.”
What follows is an account of the “heroic” Israeli air force carrying out its attacks, bombing targets 2,000 km from home, and catching the Iranian regime off-guard.
“Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed last week that the Air Force had struck the ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock in Tehran’s Palestine Square, counting down to Israel’s predicted demise in 2040. It’s not clear that the clock was smashed,” Horovitz reports. “If it was, Iran will doubtless fix it. And, we know full well, it was aiming to achieve the goal of rubbing out Israel a lot earlier than 2040.”
Therefore, Horovitz claims, “Israel has had a narrow escape.”
