Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened consequences in the event of an Iranian attack on his country. “Iran has been acting against us for years, both directly and through its proxies; that is why Israel is taking action against Iran and its proxies, defensively and offensively,” Netanyahu said at the start of a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet on Thursday evening, his office announced. “We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act according to the simple principle: Whoever harms us or plans to harm us, we will harm them,” Netanyahu said. The Israeli government…