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The clock is ticking for Israel to stop Iran from advancing its nuclear ambitions

The clock is ticking. Iran advances in uranium enrichment and nuclear infrastructure every day. Its proxies may be weakened, but its ambitions are strengthened.

Israel has long regarded a nuclear-armed Iran as perhaps the gravest existential threat it faces – a reality grounded not only in rhetoric but in Tehran’s actions and capacity.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly called for Israel’s elimination, saying only a couple of days ago, “Israel won’t exist in 25 years.”

That notion is not mere bluster. Iran has amassed a stockpile of at least 409 kg. of 60%-enriched uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That is enough to turn Iran nuclear within weeks if further processed.

These facts combine to produce a stunning change in regional dynamics: a nuclear-capable, ideologically hostile Iran is soon not a distant threat but an impending crisis

As its proxy networks – namely, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis – weaken amid Israeli airstrikes, Iran’s internal debate on weaponization grows louder. Tehran now sees nuclear arms not merely as symbolic weapons of mass destruction but as instruments to reassert regional influence and deter Israeli or US interference

The consequence of Iran crossing the nuclear threshold would extend far beyond Israeli concerns. Regional rivals – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt – might begin their own nuclear programs, shattering decades of nonproliferation and triggering a Middle East arms race. Such a scenario would transform the region, with nuclear weapons easily capable of falling into volatile hands in what is already a tinderbox.

Diplomatic measures – such as reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal ushered in under former US president Barack Obama – remain the most globally accepted path to halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But that route has repeatedly faltered. The US exit under President Donald Trump, internal Iranian resistance, and distrust among Western powers mean that time is ticking against containment

Critics argue that preemptive military strikes risk escalating the very danger they seek to prevent. This course of action could push Iran toward the bomb, they argue. Iran itself recently said an attack on its nuclear facilities could force it “to change doctrine” – euphemistically implying that it could revoke its supposed fatwa against nuclear arms

Yet, let’s consider the delusive assumption of inaction. Iran’s breakout window has already shrunk – from months to mere weeks – in recent years

If the world chooses the path of passivity, each passing day will bring with it the risk that Iran would build at least one bomb, test it covertly, and use it as a shield for its proxies. Once operational, even targeted diplomatic pressure or sanctions may be powerless, and with it, a Pandora’s box opens.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-858229