Ilanit Shapiro stapled a notice to the bulletin board in the lobby
of her apartment building here Monday inviting residents to a meeting.
The subject? Clearing out the building’s bomb shelter, which had become a
clogged storage space.
“I don’t think we are going to have any choice but to attack Iran,” said Shapiro, a retired lawyer who is chairwoman of her house committee. “They want to kill us.”
All through Israel, residents have been clearing shelters and stocking them with water and blankets to prepare for a war that could see hundreds of long-range missiles from Iran, and thousands of shorter-range rockets from Hezbollah in Lebanon, fall on Israel’s cities. War is not expected to break out in the next few weeks—perhaps not until next year—but most Israelis will admit to at least a low-level of anxiety.
“I hadn’t replaced my gas mask since the Gulf War [in 1991], but I did three weeks ago,” said Nuriel Zarifi, a café manager. “I have kids and I’m worried.”
Should Israel attack? “My head says yes, my heart says no,” said Zarifi. “A missile war frightens me. But if sanctions don’t stop their nuclear program then Israel will have to attack at some point, even without the Americans.”
Despite repeated hints by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facilities alone, a firm majority of Israel’s population—61 percent, according to a poll in August—opposes a unilateral attack.
However, two-thirds of the population would support an Israeli attack if it had American support. Although not spelled out, “American support” could mean anything from the United States taking part in such an attack to the United States coming to Israel’s assistance in the event of a massive response from Iran and its allies.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/the-winds-of-war/
“I don’t think we are going to have any choice but to attack Iran,” said Shapiro, a retired lawyer who is chairwoman of her house committee. “They want to kill us.”
All through Israel, residents have been clearing shelters and stocking them with water and blankets to prepare for a war that could see hundreds of long-range missiles from Iran, and thousands of shorter-range rockets from Hezbollah in Lebanon, fall on Israel’s cities. War is not expected to break out in the next few weeks—perhaps not until next year—but most Israelis will admit to at least a low-level of anxiety.
“I hadn’t replaced my gas mask since the Gulf War [in 1991], but I did three weeks ago,” said Nuriel Zarifi, a café manager. “I have kids and I’m worried.”
Should Israel attack? “My head says yes, my heart says no,” said Zarifi. “A missile war frightens me. But if sanctions don’t stop their nuclear program then Israel will have to attack at some point, even without the Americans.”
Despite repeated hints by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facilities alone, a firm majority of Israel’s population—61 percent, according to a poll in August—opposes a unilateral attack.
However, two-thirds of the population would support an Israeli attack if it had American support. Although not spelled out, “American support” could mean anything from the United States taking part in such an attack to the United States coming to Israel’s assistance in the event of a massive response from Iran and its allies.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/the-winds-of-war/
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