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Israel at 60: Will Israel Strike Iran Before Bush Leaves Office

May 9, 2008

On Israel’s 60th birthday, the Jewish state may be readying for its biggest fight yet. What that could mean for the next American president.

Generally speaking, six decades after the founding of your nation, you shouldn’t still be fighting for your right to exist. You should have achieved at least that much. And after the wars of 1948, ‘67 and ‘73, and other conflicts—including two intifadas—many Israelis would like to think they’ve honorably battled their way to the right to existence. But they haven’t made it yet. Today, on its 60th birthday, Israel remains as much in existential peril as it was in those early months after the U.N. General Assembly approved the partition of Palestine and Arab armies attacked the infant state.

Arguably, it is at even greater risk now than it was then. Very soon now Israel could be engaged in the biggest battle for existence it has ever faced in its not-so-short-any-longer history. And the next U.S. president—whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain—may have a bigger crisis on his hands than anything since 9/11. While Israeli officials insist they are sticking to diplomacy, a number of circumstances are aligning to make an Israeli strike on Iran more likely before the end of 2008:

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