Israel Preparing for Possible ‘Military Conflagration’ with Iran, Official Says

• Israel Preparing for Possible ‘Military Conflagration’ with Iran, Official Says
  by TAL AXELROD – 07/02/19, https://thehill.com/
  Israel is preparing to potentially intervene in any possible military clash in the Gulf region as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate, a top Israeli official said Tuesday.
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  “It should be taken into account that mistaken calculations by the (Iranian) regime … are liable to bring about a shift from the ‘gray zone’ to the ‘red zone’ – that is, a military conflagration,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said during a speech at a conference, according to Reuters.
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  “We must be prepared for this, and thus the State of Israel continues to devote itself to building up its military might for the event that it will have to respond to escalation scenarios,” he added.
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  However, Katz noted in a separate interview with Israel’s Army Radio earlier Tuesday that he thought Washington’s economic pressure on Tehran could prevent a physical clash. “Iran has no chance in this war,” he said. “Therefore there is an opportunity there, through the tough economic pressure and the comprehensive sanctions, to prevent war, to achieve the objectives without war.”
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  The international organization that monitors Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 multinational nuclear deal confirmed this week that Iran exceeded the amount of low-enriched uranium it is allowed to stockpile under the Obama-era pact in what is believed to be Tehran’s first breach.
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  “They know what they’re doing,” President Trump, who withdrew from the nuclear agreement in 2018, said during a bill signing in the Oval Office on Monday. “They know what they’re playing with, and they’re playing with fire.” 
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