There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case,
Iran has managed to reach a point where it can not only produce nuclear weapons on-demand but produce large quantities of WGU [weapons-grade uranium] quickly in a very hard-to-destroy enrichment plant,
I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before,
A strike on Iran’s nuclear program may not fully destroy it and could provoke Iran to retaliate against US-allied oil infrastructure in the Arab Gulf, sending shock waves through global oil markets,
[Iraqi armed groups] have been threatening that if Israel launches a big attack right now – Israel has also threatened to attack Iraq – that they would hit back as well, including against oil facilities in the region,
We saw the Houthis before their ceasefire with Saudi – they were hitting pretty deep into Saudi Arabia,
They do make Israel feel insecure – I think this is their ultimate goal and success at the moment,
It’s easier to strike Israel from Iraq, rather than striking Israel from Yemen or from Lebanon now. You can use Iraq for a staging ground, but infrastructure needs to be built,
I do not put the blame for the whole event on Netanyahu. This is basically the fault of Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran behind them,
You can cause certain damage, but even this might be perceived by some of the planners as worth the risk because the alternative is to sit idly by and do nothing,
I think that a strong response is inevitable. That doesn’t mean it was written in heaven a year ago that it’s going to happen,
That’s not the case right now, because Iran is a de facto threshold country,
I think we might see something like that. It might be a massive attack, and it could be repeated more than once,
There are some commentators and even some people within the defence establishment who raised the question: Why the hell not hit the nuclear military programme?”
Israel has a compelling need, even an imperative, to respond. I think that no sovereign nation on Earth could fail to respond,
They’ve developed this sort of axis of resistance, and it allows them to keep the pressure on Israel without there being a direct conflict,
I believe that if Israel does this, it will not be successful because Iran's nuclear facilities are under the mountains, and Israel cannot damage these facilities,
Therefore, ... Netanyahu must understand that any attack on Iran's energy and oil facilities will cause substantial damage and destruction to the oil facilities of Israel and its allies."
This is a historic and, at the same time, dangerous moment for the Middle East,
This action of Israel causes Iran to attack Israel's oil, gas and refinery facilities such as the Haifa refinery."