An experts' simulation at the Lauder School of Government in the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center this week predicted that the United States would wind up entering Lebanon in a scenario in which Iran obtains nuclear weapons. In the simulation, U.S. President Barack Obama was played by Dan Kurtzer, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel. Israel's Prime Minister was played by former Ambassador to Washington Zalman Shoval, and the 'Defense Minister was Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu.
The simulation was a continuation of the simulation held several months ago at Harvard University, which reached two conclusions: meaningful advances by Iran en route to the nuclear bomb, and true concern of a diplomatic crisis between the US and Israel.