Now, Tehran has threatened to intervene directly if Israel’s revenge on Gaza worsens. Israel has declared war on Hamas and retaliated with a week of punishing bombing raids.
Iran has condemned the bombing of the Gaza strip, which has killed over 2,200 Palestinians. Israel has also forced over a million Palestinians to flee to Southern Gaza ahead of “additional significant combat operations operations” in northern Gaza.
According to Prof Nagel, who is also a senior fellow at FDD, Tehran is proving not just a problem for Israel, but for the West too.
He said: “The Iranian problem is not just an Israeli one. It is a problem for the whole world. If Iran makes the mistake of intervening directly, they will have to pay.
“I’m not preaching for Israel to perform a pre-emptive strike on strike on Iran, but if the the US, the UK and others will do it, I will bless them and say that they have finally changed.”
