damage to Hezbollah's (or Nasrallah's) assets or prestige, that could lead it , despite its basic position, to take action contrary to its true fundamental position.
¢ Incidentally, this doesn't apply solely to "Hezbollah" — but to us too.
e¢ Therefore, the working assumptions and the operational deployment must include the possibility of deterioration into a wide- scale confrontation with Hezbollah.
e And now, to Iran — which under certain circumstances might be the element that ignites or incites "Hezbollah" into action.
¢ Let us be clear — a nuclear Iran is a central threat to the entire world order, not just Israel. A nuclear Iran means the end of the non-proliferation regime— Saudi Arabia, within months, Turkey within a few years and Egypt might follow as well—and all will become nuclear.
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