But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.Acts 28 : 22
Henry Bodkin
Mon, April 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM GMT+35 min read
America is understood to have delivered an advanced missile defence system to Israel ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington to discuss attacking Iran.
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.2 Kings 20 : 15
Flight-tracking websites showed a C-5M Super Galaxy, the US’s largest transport aircraft and capable of carrying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system, land at Nevatim air base in southern Israel on Saturday and wait about eight hours before leaving.
US media reported last month that defence officials had approved moving the system to the Middle East. If confirmed, it would mark the second Thaad system sent to Israel by America, the first having been put in place last year.
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It comes amid a rush of US military assets to the Middle East amid hostile rhetoric on Tehran from the White House. One carrier strike group is already operating in the region, while another is en route from Asia.
A number of B-2 Spirit bombers, which can be armed with nuclear weapons, have also been sent to the Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia, which is in range of Iran.
Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is Israel’s number one strategic priority, as well as being a key foreign policy aim for the Trump administration.
Last week, Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran and impose secondary tariffs if Tehran did not reach an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme.
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Iran said on Sunday that talks would be “meaningless” if Mr Trump continued to threaten them.
[1] And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, [2] And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. [3] And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:Acts 9 : 1-3
The theocracy, which claims its nuclear programme is for non-military use, is believed to have increased enrichment of uranium to 60 per cent purity, the only country in the world without a nuclear weapon to have done so.
Behind the scenes in Israel there is concern among security officials of a deal that looks significant but does not, in reality, prevent Iran from obtaining a bomb – a so-called Singapore scenario, a reference to Mr Trump’s high-profile, first-term summit with Kim Jong-un, after which North Korea retained its nuclear bombs.
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Israeli chiefs are said to be wary of allowing Iran to build up its capability while the US issues threats but takes no action.
Mr Trump campaigned on a platform of ending wars, rather than starting them, and commentators believe JD Vance, his powerful vice-president, is instinctively opposed to striking Iran, as evidenced by the recent leaked Telegram messages in relation to strikes on the Houthis.
Meanwhile, it has been reported for months now that Israeli military chiefs believe they have the capability to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and deal a devastating blow to its stockpiles.
However, in practice, Israel would need a green light from Washington.
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Such an attack, even if conducted unilaterally, would require coordination with the US. It would also need special US bunker-busting bombs that Washington has never before given to Israel, and the potential use of American refuelling aircraft.
Drone Barrages on Israeli cities
The Jewish state would also want US help to fend off retaliatory Iranian missile and drone barrages on Israeli cities and infrastructure.
Thaad batteries integrate well into Israel’s already state-of-the-art missile defence systems and there are believed to be about 100 US troops in Israel to operate them.
The system comprises six truck-mounted launchers, with eight interceptors on each launcher. It costs more than $1 billion per unit, can intercept targets up to 124 miles away and has had a near-perfect success rate during trials.
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However, for a massive Iranian bombardment of the type experienced twice last year, Israel would ideally require US help in the form of intelligence, radar, fighter jets and naval surface-to-air missiles.
Finally, the real-terms goal of a preemptive strike on Iran would be to drive it to accept a strict regime of weapons inspections, a deal that would require US involvement.
Netanyahu’s hastily arranged visit to Washington on Monday is ostensibly to discuss US trade
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?Luke 2 : 49
Mr Netanyahu’s hastily arranged visit to Washington on Monday is ostensibly to discuss US trade tariffs on Israel – the White House imposed 17 per cent, despite a last-minute Israeli scramble to remove import duties on American goods – and the war in Gaza and return of the hostages.
[14] There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: [15] Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9 : 14-15
However, Mr Netanyahu’s office said the “Iranian threat” was also on the agenda.
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A press conference in the East Wing of the White House will follow the talks.
The last time the two men met in Washington, Mr Trump stunned the world – and, apparently, Mr Netanyahu – by revealing his vision of a “Middle East Riviera” for Gaza.
On Monday, following the signing of a France-Egypt strategic partnership, Emmanuel Macron repeated France’s opposition to any displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, or annexation of the West Bank.
He also reiterated his concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme.
‘Negotiations would be meaningless’
Dr Raz Zimmt, an Iran expert, told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that Iran believes it can achieve an agreement “between the current situation and the previous nuclear agreement” – which Mr Trump scrapped because he said it was too soft.
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The academic said: “A clear red line is dismantling infrastructure, and I anticipate that if [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei comes to face a choice between a military attack and dismantling the nuclear infrastructure – he will prefer a military attack.”
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, said on Sunday that “direct negotiations would be meaningless with a party that constantly threatens to resort to force in violation of the UN Charter and that expresses contradictory positions from its various officials”.
“We remain committed to diplomacy and are ready to try the path of indirect negotiations,” Mr Araghchi added. “Iran keeps itself prepared for all possible or probable events, and just as it is serious in diplomacy and negotiations, it will also be decisive and serious in defending its national interests and sovereignty.”
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