Who would benefit from an attack by Israel upon Iran - and what would be the global consequences?

It is virtually now certain that Israel will order a unilateral, illegal strike on Iran's civil, nuclear sites, probably within the next seven weeks. 

This will entail the delivery of massive, US supplied, bunker-busting bombs by Israel's squadron of American F16 fighter/bombers and the deployment of the latest, high- explosive, self-seeking missiles from its three German, Dolphin class, nuclear-armed submarines.

The consequences of such an attack are likely to be catastrophic.  Iran will immediately respond by targeting Tel Aviv and Haifa with long-range rockets and in both the attack and the retaliatory stages, there will possibly be hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths among both civilian populations.

Contemporaneously, Iran will attempt to blockade the Strait of Hormuz which will bring it into direct confrontation with US warships stationed in the Gulf - an event that is, obviously, an essential element of Israel's strategy to involve America and the world.

The entire international community will likely be affected as Iranian dissident cells will be activated around the world.  The consequences of that action will be unpredictable but could be the spark that ignites the first nuclear war.

There is little time in which to now prepare for the aftermath of this unprovoked, military aggression other than to ensure that the Israeli government is made fully aware that all trading and other links with it will be broken, if and when they proceed with their illegal action.

Unfortunately, specific warnings by the Israeli high command as to their intentions, have all but been ignored, by the UN and Europe, as mere rhetoric.

The permanent members of the UN should pass an urgent resolution demanding that Israel takes no military action against Iran, or any other state, unless it is expressly authorized to do so by the Security Council. Should the US use its veto against such a resolution, then we may face disaster on a global scale. It is up to world governments to act, now.