Israel has launched an intensive bombing campaign against Iran, blowing up military targets, hoping to force a confrontation before Trump can be voted out of office in the November election, Business Insider reported, citing a former Israeli defense official.
A current European Union intelligence official told Insider that they feared Israel was planning to provoke Iran into military confrontation “while Trump remains in office” because they would not be able to engage in such high-pressure operations if Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, were in office.
As noted by the Insider, “Iran has seen weekly incidents, including explosions at a missile-production facility on June 22; the Natanz nuclear facility, Iran’s largest uranium-enrichment center, on July 2; and an important shipyard in the port city of Bushehr on Wednesday.”
The Israeli source told Business Insider that “at least some of the events in Iran over the past month were the work of Israeli intelligence operations.”
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The former official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing fears of repercussion, but their identity is known to the news outlet.
“With a broad belief among America’s allies that Trump is unlikely to win reelection, Israel’s apparent shift in tactics toward high-pressure “kinetic” operations seem to reflect a belief that under a Biden administration, there would be a move to save the 2015 nuclear deal that had been scuttled by Trump.”
“There would be a lot less appetite for adventures and secret missions to blow up nuclear facilities under a Biden administration,” said the EU official.
When they were asked how much American allies would use the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election in making policy determinations, the official was blunt.
“There’s a reason we all follow your elections and watch CNN,” the official said.
