Former Mossad official: 'The closer Iran gets to a nuclear weapon, the more temptation there is to get there'

(JNS) — As U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Israel on Tuesday to discuss Iran and other strategic issues, and as nuclear talks continue in Vienna, the Israeli leadership increasingly believes that applying heavy pressure on Tehran is the only way to stop the Iranian advance toward nuclear weapons.

But where exactly do the U.S. and Israel go from here on the Iranian threat?

Sima Shine — head of the Iran program at the Institute for National Security Studies think tank as well as former head of the research and evaluation division at the Mossad — explained during a virtual...