trump is a chance to "remove iranian nuclear threat", israel says    s-return-creates-opportunity-to-rem ove-iran-threat-says-blue-ribbon-co mmittee/ the election of donald trump as us president offers an unprecedented opportunity to remove the threat israel faces from iran, according to a committee appointed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to examine defense spending and idf military force design for the future. trumps return to the white house, said the nagel committee on monday, creates, for the first time, the potential for a fundamental change, and the removal or meaningful reduction of the iranian threat. trumps inauguration is scheduled for january 20. he is expected to return to a version of the maximum pressure campaign that he pursued in his first term to pressure iran to give up its nuclear program. the release of the committees findings came the same day as an axios report that strategic affairs minister ron dermer had come out of a november meeting with trump thinking that the us president-elect would back an israeli strike on irans nuclear facilities or even order a us attack. the committee, chaired by brigadier general (res.) prof. jacob nagel and comprising representatives of the prime ministers office, finance ministry, defense ministry and idf, is tasked with determining the direction of israels military force design for the next decade, the budgetary implications, and the economic impact. it presented its findings to israeli journalists on monday afternoon, and to netanyahu, defense minister israel katz, and finance minister bezalel smotrich later in the day. there is concern that iran could move toward pursuing a nuclear weapon as it is increasingly pushed into the corner following a series of devastating blows, coupled with the looming inauguration of trump.
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