Why now? The motive situation for the Israeli government of starting its great air offensive against Iran on Friday night is probably varied – the critics of Benjamin Netanyahu, who can only keep his cabinet together, also see domestic motives. But as a trigger of such a gamechanger operation, that is far from sufficient. As with everything else that Israel is doing today, the context is October 7, 2023, the attack by Hamas: Israel pulls its new security -political line to eliminate any possible danger to the state. And the Iranian nuclear program is perceived-even if Iran is currently not building a weapon-as the greatest threat to Israel.
