Dangerous times as tensions boil between Israel and Iran over nuclear programme

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Israeli intelligence has successfully infiltrated Iran in recent years and probably remains the best informed of all western agencies.
53% : Tehran has continued to install advanced centrifuges, and last year particles enriched to 83.7% were detected.
50% : This week, to great fanfare, Iran unveiled a hypersonic missile it claims can hit Israel in 400 seconds and evade the Iron Dome defence system.
49% : Iran has a spring in its step - a peace deal has been agreed in the long conflict in Yemen, with its Houthi partners in a strong position; its ally in Syria, Bashar al-Assad is emerging from the wilderness and years of civil war to be accepted back into the Arab world; and it has just signed a détente, of sorts, with the other big Middle East power - Saudi Arabia.
47% : It could also have a dramatic effect on the global economy if Iran decided to widen its response to shipping in the vitally strategic Straits of Hormuz.
36% : A war with Iran would be devastating and on multiple fronts.
35% : Having said that, with Iran progressing its nuclear programme relatively unchecked, Israel might find it has no choice but to act.
28% : Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy in southern Lebanon, would almost certainly get involved and taking on Iran would make previous conflicts against Hamas in Gaza look like a piece of cake.
18% : Netanyahu: Israel will do 'whatever we need to do to defend ourselves' against Iran 'Iran has sold Russia ammunition for Ukraine war'

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