text: Despite peace-deal framework, Israel says military action against Iran still an option - Macleans.ca
  Despite peace-deal framework, Israel says military action against Iran still an option
  Israel's minister for strategic affairs reflected the alarm in Israel over deal which offers Iran relief from sanctions for scale-backs of its nuclear program
  JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli government minister on Monday warned that taking military action against Iran's nuclear program is still an option — despite last week's framework deal between world powers and the Islamic Republic.
  Israel considers a nuclear-armed Iran to be a threat to its survival, pointing to years of Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, its support for anti-Israeli militant groups and its development of long-range ballistic missiles that could be armed with nuclear warheads. Israel — which is widely believed to be a nuclear power — says a nuclear-armed Iran would set off an arms race in the world's most volatile region.
  Reminding the world of the military option is one way to gain some leverage — many in Israel believe that Israeli threats to strike Iran's nuclear installations several years ago helped trigger international sanctions and the dialogue that led to last Thursday's framework deal.
  "If Israel decides to attack — that evidence will be what will probably save it from international isolation," Bergman wrote in the Yediot Ahronot daily.