An American political analyst says a joint US-Israeli war game planned to be conducted in May is a message from Washington to �œassure Israelis that they have not been forgotten.”<\/p>\n
The US and Israel are planning to conduct a joint military drill in an effort to threaten Iran towards the end of the six-month period when an interim deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany expires.<\/p>\n
The war game is aimed at sending a threatening message to Iran and, according to an unnamed Israeli official who spoke to Time magazine, is going �œto continue to make noise.”<\/p>\n
�œThe message, however, is probably sent to a number of people. It�™s a message, I guess, obviously to Iran. But, I think it�™s also a message to the Israelis who are very upset about the deal that�™s been made, and who very likely could do something very stupid and very dangerous in retaliation,” William Jones of Executive Intelligence Review said in a phone interview with Press TV on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Iran and the P5+1 inked an interim deal in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24 to pave the way for the full resolution of the West�™s decade-old dispute with Tehran over its nuclear energy program.<\/p>\n
The announcement of the planned US-Israeli war game follows angry reactions by Israelis to the interim nuclear deal.<\/p>\n
�œAny show of force of this type, as symbolic as it may be, would help to assure the Israelis that they have not been forgotten,” Jones added.<\/p>\n
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