Is Israel waging a secret war against Iran?
Majd: I don’t know if that’s true. I mean, Israel has had a strange relationship with Iran. During the Iran-Iraq war, Israel was actually giving arms . . . secretly giving arms to Iran, it’s like, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” on that basis. For my understanding, what I understand from the Israelis that I’ve spoken to — the Israeli journalist I’ve spoken to and some Iranian-Israelis, the Iranians who live in Israel — the Israeli government really doesn’t think Iran is an existential threat to Israel. They don’t believe that Iran is going to build a nuclear bomb and drop it on Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. First of all, it would kill way more Palestinians than it would kill Israelis. Secondly, it would invite a retaliation of the sort — I mean, they’re not suicidal, they’re not looking to wipe Iran off the face of the map. But there’s this question of power. Israel is definitely wary and concerned about Iran’s power because you have this country that at least rhetorically is saying
