Israel's Nuclear Reaction

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: November 04, 2008

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Los Angeles Times

JERUSALEM - With international efforts to increase sanctions against Iran at a standstill, many Israelis think their nation alone stands in the way of Tehran eventually building nuclear weapons.

Officials and analysts in Jerusalem also acknowledge, however, that a unilateral attack is fraught with danger and might fail to cripple Iran's bomb-making abilities. Much of the international community quietly wants Israel to launch a strike, the officials say, but only if it succeeds.

To many in Israel, the situation is reminiscent of 1981, when the Jewish state acted on its own in bombing the Osirak reactor in Iraq and last year, when it launched a unilateral strike on a suspected nuclear site in Syria.

Here's what's being said about a possible Israeli attack against Iran: