Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised President Trump’s approach to Iran and
warned Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and bid to dominate the Middle East —
including control of key waterways and oil supplies — pose a direct threat to
the United States. He described Hamas, Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels as
extensions of Iranian leadership and called for sustained military and economic
pressure on Tehran. Netanyahu said he met Trump at Mar-a-Lago before the last US
presidential election and that Trump had already recognized the Iranian nuclear
threat as extending beyond Israel. "By then, every American city, every city,
would be held hostage by these fanatics," he said.
