What Israel does next must be driven by cool-headed analysis, not emotion – retaliation could be a disaster for all [Video]

WHEN Iran attacked Israel on Saturday night with more than 300 drones and missiles there was a justifiable cry of outrage that this was a murderous attack on another sovereign country.

Quite naturally, parallels were drawn between that attack and the assault by Russia on February 22, 2022, on Ukraine.

On one level, it is understandable for the Israelis to want to retaliate against Iran after the attacks – but is it right?Credit: Reuters

In the 21st century it is quite unacceptable for one country to attack another.

Mercifully for Israeli civilians, the incoming weapons were either destroyed in flight or mostly crashed harmlessly, though one seven-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries.

In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, Israeli minister Benny Gantz declared that Israel would react and “exact a price” from Iran, but “in timing that is right for us”.