William de Berg Now that the dust has cleared after the end of the 12-day Israel-Iran War, certain truths have become evident. For one, Israel suffered a humiliating defeat. Even before it allegedly ran out of air-defense missiles [1], Israel’s very rusty and obsolete “Iron Dome” couldn’t deflect Iran’s large arsenal of hypersonic missiles, which damaged or destroyed Israel’s military headquarters, its Mossad headquarters, its largest oil refinery and port (in Haifa), its leading scientific institute, and other key infrastructure [2]. Isarel sustained up to $20 billion in damage,…
