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Israel Online · Oct 23, 2026

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Former Mossad Official: Israeli Preemptive Strike on Iran Could Be Deliberate, Not a Miscalculation Sagiv Assulin, a former Mossad official and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says the growing tensions with Iran should not automatically be viewed as a dangerous miscalculation. According to Assulin, there is an important distinction between mistakenly interpreting an adversary's intentions and deliberately launching a preemptive strike against an identified threat. He explained that Israel and the United States are sending Tehran clear messages that they understand its intentions. A potential first strike, he argues, could therefore reflect a calculated strategic decision rather than a misunderstanding that accidentally triggers a wider conflict. Join Israel online

*Former Mossad Official: Israeli Preemptive Strike on Iran Could Be Deliberate, Not a Miscalculation* Sagiv Assulin, a former Mossad official and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says the growing tensions with Iran should not automatically be viewed as a dangerous miscalculation. According to Assulin, there is an important distinction between mistakenly interpreting an adversary's intentions and deliberately launching a preemptive strike against an identified threat. He explained that Israel and the United States are sending Tehran clear messages that they understand its intentions. A potential first strike, he argues, could therefore reflect a calculated strategic decision rather than a misunderstanding that accidentally triggers a wider conflict. *Join Israel online* https://chat.whatsapp.com/DBukXZYflhTLP3ziAz7WXC

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