Former Mossad chief Pardo fires hit at Iranian Natanz

Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo on Tuesday plotted an alleged Mossad operation against Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility as counterproductive to end the nuclear threat.

In a report published with the commanders for Israel’s security chief, Matan Vilnai, Pardo wrote that the hit on Natanz earlier in April and the Islamic Republic’s response to increasing uranium enrichment, the risks associated with Iran core and regional ambitions, as well as the urgent need to address them. ‘

The former Mossad chief, both in public and recent public appearances, criticizes any Israeli strategy based on the public hitting heads with the US over the return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

On the contrary, he wrote that “the United States and Israel have a similar assessment of the Iranian nuclear threat and the local threat, but are also strongly committed to the same goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”

He added: “In practice, no matter what has divided Israeli and American policies and leaders more than the nuclear deal in Iran,” and that it is important to continue “the distrust and disagreement between the United States and Israel. to avoid, “that characterized by maneuvering around the JCPOA.

Instead of teaching the US to reach a new agreement that satisfies all of Israel’s security concerns, Pardo suggested that Israel support the Biden government’s two-phase approach – especially the second phase of the extension and strengthening of the JCPOA. .

The rift with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and current Mossad director Yossi Cohen, who believes that covert action combined with sanctions pressure could achieve more of Israel’s security goals, said: ‘Despite the shortcomings in the agreement, there is no alternative diplomatic platform for the dealing with the immediate crisis not available. “

Pardo expressed special concern that the Biden government should find ways to reverse Iran’s progress with regard to advanced centrifuges and ensure that IAEA inspectors have more unobstructed access.

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