ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Israeli assessment: This is when Iranians will take to the streets to topple the regime.
Amit Segal
May 10, 2026

A severe dispute has erupted, and still persists, between the army and the Mossad over the ultimate goal of the war in Iran. The IDF views the removal of uranium from Iranian territory as the ultimate achievement. The Mossad, however, believes the objective is toppling the regime…The second approach argues: what good does it do to extract it via an operation or an agreement? If the regime stands, and even if tons of three-percent enriched uranium remain, you’ve only set them back a few years—a blink of an eye in geopolitical terms. A regime without sanctions will be richer, more despicable, and will want to destroy Israel just as before. Only regime change will uproot the plans for Israel’s destruction from the source…The practical expression of this lies in a hypothetical question: what happens if President Trump tells Israel, “You have a green light for one operation”? Most of the security establishment would say thank you and send the Air Force to raid the uranium stockpiles. READ MORE