I disagree. YOU are calling the mullahs liars. THEY have stated that the reason is religious- thus your logic does not apply. Even if it requires the sacrifice of the entire Palestinian people and a large percentage of their own population, I think that they would not hesitate to try to destroy Israel.

beardedbruce, the size of Israel's nuclear stockpile is irrelevant. You need to include the US nuclear arsenal when you do your calculations. The US has enough nuclear fire power to completely destroy Iran, and the Mullahs along with it. The Mullahs know this, even if you do not. They will not nuke Israel.

My guess is that Iran is using the threat of bombing Israel as a deterrant against military agression from the US. The answer to that is not to pre-emptively destroy Iran. That would be far more likely to result in the destruction of Israel than the use of a "mutually assured destruction" deterrent.