--- title: "Israelis have decided to retaliate against Iran, says UK’s Cameron" type: "post" post_id: "6046" slug: "israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/04/17/israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/04/17/israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/04/17/israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/04/17/israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron.txt" published: "2024-04-17T14:23:59+00:00" modified: "2024-04-17T14:23:59+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Iran" - "Israel" - "perception management" - "state sponsored terrorism" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **On twitter their was an inundation of posts promoting the return of the Shah to Iran**, **yesterday.**– **Many of the accounts were connected to Israel- This isn’t a shock.** I**srael would love nothing more than the reappearance of a despotic but western leaning ally leading Iran.** **Example below** **The G-7 is attempting to launch a new tranche of sanctions against Iran** **I am leaning towards Israel striking Iran at this time**. [Link](https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2024-04-17-israelis-have-decided-to-retaliate-against-iran-says-uks-cameron) > **Israel has clearly decided to retaliate against Iran for missile and drone attacks, Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron said during a visit to Israel** on Wednesday, the starkest warning yet of another volley coming in regional escalation. > > **World powers are striving to prevent a wider outbreak of conflict** in the Middle East after Iran’s attacks on Saturday night, which involved hundreds of missiles and drones, the first time Iran has directly attacked Israel after decades of confrontation by proxies. > > **Iran launched the attacks in response to an** ( took out the presumed wording) **Israeli airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus** on April 1, which killed two generals and several other Iranian officers. > > More than six months into a war between Israel and the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas that has seen flare-ups in violence across the Middle East, **diplomats are searching for a way to avert direct battle between Israel and Iran.** > > The Iranian missiles and drones launched on Saturday were mostly shot down by Israel and its allies, and caused no deaths and only minor damage. Bu**t Israel says it must retaliate to preserve the credibility of its deterrents**. **Iran says it considers the matter closed for now but will retaliate again if Israel does.** > *“**It’s clear the Israelis are making a decision to act,” Cameron told reporters early in his visit to Jerusalem. “We hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible.”*** > Washington and other Western governments hope new economic sanctions against Iran will help persuade Israel to limit the scope of its retaliation. Cameron said Britain wanted to see coordinated sanctions against Iran by the G7 democracies, which are meeting this week in Italy. > > “They need to be given a clear unequivocal message by the G7,” he said. > > Israel is expected to discuss its response to Iran at a meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet, which also includes centrist rivals brought into the government as a unity gesture after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.