Haaretz says Israel has vowed not to attack Iran without coordinating with the U.S., and it's just a continuation of the policy under Bush.
Israeli officials believe that U.S. foreign policy
professionals are vehemently opposed to an Israeli strike on Iran's
nuclear facilities, so this position was transmitted from the previous
administration to the present one.
The U.S. expects Israel to coordinate its military actions with
Washington, a condition to which Jerusalem has agreed due to its
dependence on U.S. aid. Senior officials in the Bush administration
testified to Congress that Israel had consulted them before deciding on
its 2007 air strike on an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor.
