Israel
4 April 2023

Prime Minister Netanyahu posited that “if we do not prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, we will be in a different reality in which the entire world will be hostage to those who have inscribed on their flag their desire to destroy us; therefore, this is our supreme mission. I would like to tell our enemies not to err: No internal debate will prevent us from doing what needs to be done together in order to defend our state and prevent them from carrying out their destructive desire”. The same day, Netanyahu asserted that “Iran is responsible for 95 per cent of the security threats against us”.

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