Rumor of war: Is Israel about to attack Iran?

that Iran has been able to build, with the assistance of Russian engineers, an R265 generator. This generator is a hemispherical aluminum shell with a complicated array of high explosives which detonate with split-second precision. These time charges compress a small sphere of enriched uranium or plutonium in order to trigger a nuclear chain reaction. 

In addition to this triggering device, Iran has increased the amount of low enriched uranium it possesses (when President Obama came to power, Iran had enough low-enriched uranium for one  nuclear bomb; it now has enough fissile material for four nuclear bombs); Iran has also proved its ability to enrich uranium to 20 percent — and is on its was to acquiring the ability to enrich uranium to weapon-grade 90 percent.
Those in the higher echelons of Israel’s national security leadership who support a military strike will point to the report as evidence that Iran, despite its denials, has been pursuing nuclear weapons all along and that the economic and political sanctions imposed on Iran have not been effective in persuading the Iranian leadership to abandon the nuclear weapons project.
They would also argue that the IAEA report would help validate Israel’s deepest fears about Iran and legitimize an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iranian leaders use every opportunity publicly to state that Iran’s main strategic goal is the destruction of Israel. Eeven those Iranian leaders who do not join President Ahmedinijad in denying the Holocaust still call for wiping Israel off the map. Now comes the UN report which shows Iran on the verge of acquiring the means to do so.
2. Change of the guard in Israel
During the past twelve months, the four individuals holding the most important positions at the top echelon of Israel’s national security establishment have all retired and were replaced. Meir Dagan, the head of the Mossad — the Israeli equivalent of the CIA — was replaced by Tamir Pardo; Yuval Diskin, the head of Shin Bet — the Israeli equivalent of the FBI — was replaced by Yoram Cohen; Amos Yadlin, head of military intelligence, was replaced by Aviv Kochavi; and General Gabi Ashkenazi, the chief of staff, was replaced by General Benny Ganz.
The departing four — Dagan, Diskin, Yadlin, and Ashkenazi — differed among themselves on many issues, but had two things in common: first, they were united  in their view that an Israeli military attack now on Iran’s nuclear