Israel Agreed Not to Retaliate During the Persian Gulf War—and Paid a Price for It
New evidence shows the duplicity of American claims.
February 19, 2018
Israel Agreed Not to Retaliate During the Persian Gulf War—and Paid a Price for It
New evidence shows the duplicity of American claims.
During the Persian Gulf War of 1991, Saddam Hussein fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel, killing one person and causing extensive property damage. Under intense pressure from the first Bush administration to sit still—ostensibly because Israeli involvement in the war could lead Arab states to abandon the White House’s anti-Iraq coalition—Jerusalem refrained from retaliating. Moshe Arens, who was the Israeli defense minister at the time, comments on the decision in light of information recently made public:
February 19, 2018
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