New Delhi, June 25 -- Last November, I said that Israel was likely to attack Iran's nuclear and other military facilities, even go so far as to eliminate the "regime's top military and political leaders." I also argued that "any US administration would inevitably continue to support [Israel], directly or indirectly."

Regardless of divisions in Tel Aviv about the conduct of war in Gaza, the broad consensus across the Israeli political spectrum- including centre-left critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-was that Iran was close to developing a nuclear weapon, seen as an existential threat to Israel. Centrist leaders such as Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid criticized Netanyahu for being soft on Iran.

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