Katz’s position stands as a clear outlier from his ousted predecessor, as Israel chose to avoid hitting Tehran’s nuclear and oil facilities during their retaliatory strike on Oct. 26, a decision urged by the US and Gulf states who feared it would trigger all-out war in the Middle East.

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Although Brewer and other experts I spoke with did not predict that Iran will go nuclear in the near term, they agreed that it is likelier than ever before. If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons during the metastasizing conflict in the Middle East,

Newly appointed Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said the time is right for launching military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.