Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not exclude plans to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that “would end the conflict” between the two arcs.
In a 20 -minute interview with US Network ABC News, the Israeli leader insisted on the deadly assault of his country to “Defang” that Iran was justified and assimilated Khamenei to a “modern Hitler”.
But when they were asked for information that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill the Supreme Chief by concern that it would fail Iran-Israel, Netanyahu was disdainful.
“This will not degenerate the conflict, it will end the conflict,” he said. “The” war forever “is what Iran wants, and they bring us on the verge of nuclear war,” said Netanyahu.
“In fact, what Israel does is preventing it, ending this assault, and we can only do so by resonating with the forces of evil,” he added.
Netanyahu did not reveal whether or not Israel was aimed at Ayatollah, saying only: “We do what we have to do.”
While Israel unleashes its punishing strikes across Iran and the Islamic Republic fell back with missile volley, Netanyahu has maintained an aggressive posture.
In order to communicate with the citizens of the chief ally of his country, the Prime Minister sat for long interviews on the American media twice in addition to days, supervising the conflict of Israel with Iran as “a battle of civilization against barbarism”.
The Americans, he said on Monday, should be deeply concerned about Tehran’s efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon and its increasingly muscular ballistic missile capacity. “Today, it’s such Aviv, tomorrow is New York,” said Netanyahu, ABC’s correspondent Jon Karl.
Netanyahu sparked a fierce criticism of Khamenei, exploding his “anti -Semitic and crazy fanaticism” and his support for proxy attacks intended to “suffocate the life” of Israel.
“He is like a modern Hitler. He will simply not stop, but we will make sure that he does not have the means to execute his threats,” he said.
By defending the radical attacks of Israel, Netanyahu declared that the withdrawal of the Iran’s nuclear program “prevents the most horrible war imaginable and … bring peace to the Middle East”. “It will be possible if Iran is defused,” he added.
Iran seeks mediation of the Gulf for the ceasefire
Tehran asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press US President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to accept an immediate cease-fire with Iran in exchange for the flexibility of Teheran in nuclear negotiations, two Iranian and three regional sources said on Monday.
The Gulf leaders and their best diplomats worked on the phones all weekend, speaking of each other, in Tehran, Washington and beyond in order to avoid enlargement of the conflict as a long-standing enemis Israel and Iran have intensified their attacks in their greatest confrontation ever.
Iran is willing to be flexible in nuclear talks if a ceasefire is reached, one of the Iranian sources said.
Gulf states are deeply concerned about the conflict that will become out of control, a Gulf source close to government representatives told Reuters.
Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia all called on Washington to press Israel to accept a cease-fire and take the talks with Tehran towards a nuclear agreement, said the Gulf source.
The White House and the US State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
