From the Executive Director's Desk...

"Is this the day it will happen?"  I ask myself that almost every morning when I wake up, and I expect many of us who keep an eye on the Middle East ask themselves the same question.  "It" is the turning point in the face-off between Iran and most of the rest of the world.  "It" could be Iran convincingly signaling it is ready to back away from its nuclear weapons program, or Russia and China declaring they are joining the U.S., the E.U. and the U.N. in imposing punishing sanctions on Iran, or the White House announcing it is moving military assets into position preparatory to military action against Iran, or Israel launching a unilateral preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. One thing seems certain: The present situation won't go on indefinitely.  There is too much at stake for all the parties involved.  Someone is going to blink, and someone is going to act.

The best case scenario has Iran making the rational decision to give up its dream of nuclear weapons.  At the other end of the spectrum would be Israel acting alone, triggering retaliatory attacks by Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, with insufficient or no support from the United States. 

Israel advocates in metro Detroit can take action to make the best case scenario more likely and the worst case outcome less so.  We can send messages to Congress to continue its support of increasingly severe sanctions, and to President Obama insisting that the U.S fully support Israel if it attacks Iran.  Congress and the White House must be clear: This is not only to protect its ally Israel, but also in defense of America's national interest and truly to promote global security. 

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Robert Cohen, Executive Director, JCRC