Israel Approves $1.5 Billion Budget for a Possible Attack on Iran

Just openly planning aggression...

Israel has approved a budget of some 5 billion shekels ($1.5 billion) to be used to prepare the military for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear program, Channel 12 reported Monday.

The NIS 5 billion budget is made up of NIS 3 billion from the previous budget and an additional NIS 2 billion from the next budget slated to be approved by the government in November.

It includes funds for various types of aircraft, intelligence-gathering drones and unique armaments needed for such an attack, which would have to target heavily fortified underground sites, the unsourced report said.

The report comes days after the US Air Force announced that it had carried out a successful test of its new “bunker buster,” the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. The 5,000-pound bomb could be used as a tool to strike Iranian nuclear sites.

Crucially, the GBU-72 is designed to be carried by a fighter jet or a heavy bomber. Israel does not have bombers capable of carrying the massive bunker busters in the current US arsenal.

A smaller bunker buster bomb, the GBU-28, was secretly sold to Israel in 2009, though it is not thought to have the ability to penetrate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, which is buried deep under a mountain.

The American test was based on experience gained by Israel in its bombing of Hamas’s underground tunnel network in Gaza during last May’s war, Channel 12 said.

The network speculated that in publicizing its 35,000 foot-drop of the bunker-buster at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base, the US is seeking to warn Iran not to stay away from negotiations at Vienna aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Iran walked away from indirect talks with the US last June and elected as president ultraconservative hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, who has spoken out against the JCPOA, in the interim.

Last month, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi told the Walla news site that Israel has “greatly accelerated” preparations for action against Iran’s nuclear program.

Kohavi said that “a significant chunk of the boost to the defense budget, as was recently agreed, was intended for this purpose. It’s a very complicated job, with much more intelligence, much more operational capabilities, much more armaments. We’re working on all these things.”

Kohavi had publicly declared in January that the IDF was preparing fresh “operational plans” for a potent military strike, and in August that Iran’s nuclear progress has prompted the IDF “to speed up its operational plans,” with a fresh budget to do so.

In his speech to the UN General Assembly last month, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declared that “Iran’s nuclear program has hit a watershed moment, and so has our tolerance. Words do not stop centrifuges from spinning… We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.”

The Biden administration says it is still seeking a joint US-Iranian return to compliance with the JCPOA, while acknowledging that it will not wait indefinitely for Tehran to return to the negotiation table.

If it fails to do so, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid that “every option” will be on the table — an apparent uptick in rhetoric after US President Joe Biden told Bennett in August that Washington was willing to consider “other options” if the JCPOA cannot be revived.

Source: The Times of Israel

20 Comments
  1. Pablo says

    n his speech to the UN General Assembly last month, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declared that “Iran’s nuclear program has hit a watershed moment, and so has our tolerance. Words do not stop centrifuges from spinning… We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.”” As long as the Khazars use THEIR Air Force, THEIR Infantry and THEIR resources to fight Iran, Fine. The Israelis can tee it up and make their move against Iran. Fine with me. But as US Slave to Israel, Anthony Blinken (he’s Jewish!! What a surprise!!!) says, “every option is on the table”. Israel is hellbent on starting a War in the Middle East.

    1. Deano says

      Israel is hell-bent on eliminating the threat. I’m with ’em.

      1. Kris says

        YOu must be joking. The only threat IS Israel.

      2. Jerry Hood says

        Ypu must be Demon from Dimona desert!

  2. jimbogoofball says

    It will be soooo funny to see izrae-HELL hit back FINALLY. Maybe this will get the Iranians to FINALLY fight back. And not warn them next time. These kazarz need to be wiped out FINALLY.

  3. TZVI says

    Propaganda for the Kinderlach ( children). If Secular Anti-Torah Israel was to strike they would not broadcast it…yet they have been screaming this since the mid 2000’s.

    In the meantime they will continue to strike Iran’s weak links, just as they have been doing for 20+ years.

    1. Pablo says

      Good point. The Israelis know Iran has too much firepower with which to strike back at Israel. I think this publicity here is meant to drum up US Support for a strike on Iran. Using US Assets of course. Note the story mentions that Israel can’t deliver the bunker busting bomb the GBU-72. It’s too heavy. The Zionists are trying to get the US War Machine to do it for them.

  4. nnn says

    Zionist mafia runs the show

  5. Mr Reynard says

    Hmm.. You stupid Putz, Schmucks, do you know the story of King Croesus ??
    If you are going to poke Iran, then Mazel Tov & you will need lots of Tovs ..

  6. Deano says

    Go full bore my Israelite brothers. There are many in the United States of America that support you.

    1. Danny.white20 says

      Absolutely
      That would be awesone
      Now hopefully Russian and china will step up to protect Iran
      And obviously a preemptive strike on Israhells nuclear program would be appropriate
      Happy Happy days
      2022 Rock on!

    2. Raptar Driver says

      Not as many as you think.

      1. Kris says

        The only Americans still supporting the terrorist state of ISrael, are those that haven’t even figured out 911 yet. Poor souls they are.

    3. Kris says

      I don’t believe there is a country or state in this world that loathes Americans as much as Israel, but you have to know your history for that. Good luck with your Israelite brothers. I would watch my back and my tallest buildings if I were you…..

    4. Pablo says

      And there are a growing number of Americans who realize Israel is no friend of the USA. Also, more and more Americans are realizing that it is OK to criticize Israel!!

  7. Danny.white20 says

    Well thats good news
    Now hopefully Russian and china will step up to protect Iran
    And obviously a preemptive strike on Israhells nuclear program would be appropriate
    Happy Happy days
    2022 Rock on!

  8. silver9blue says

    Much talk about attacking Iran’s nuclear site but here it is written without even the smallest notion that Iran could hit Israels nuclear reactor. That could mean a massive contamination over Israel.

  9. Jerry Hood says

    These nose-hooked cowards( descendants of the Serpent people and cultures of Mesoamerica), they have no guts to attack Iran! It will be a suicidal attack, ending the Rat-child money-laundering colony of Isrealhell! They try by all snake tricks get involved in this war, the US LGBT Army….Yer the world knows about the Isrealhell illegal nukes! 100,000 Iranian missiles fired at once, will take care of démon’s Dimona and their nukes, destroying the entire area once and for all!!!

  10. John says

    Criminal thug regime.

  11. Rowdy Yates says

    The only way a nation’s defense improves is by adversity. Iran’s nuclear program has all the reasons to improve and Israel keep giving them.

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