Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar said this morning on Kol Yisrael radio that if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon, Israel will not stand idly by. If Iran does not obtain one, he added, Israel has achieved the goal it set for itself.
Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar commented publicly on the morning after the overnight Israeli strikes on Iran, telling Army Radio (Galei Tzahal / Kan Reshet Bet) that the operation's success should be measured by its outcome: if Iran still obtains a nuclear weapon, Israel will not stand by; if Iran remains non-nuclear, Israel achieved its objective. His remarks are the first direct cabinet-level statement tying the overnight strikes to the nuclear dimension of the talks. As The Zioneer has reported, several ministers have weighed in on the emerging US-Iran deal in recent days — Education Minister Kisch and Defense Minister Katz both stressed Israel's readiness to act independently if the deal does not disarm Iran, and former Mossad chief Steinitz assessed that military achievements have been significant. Zohar's framing, however, directly conditions the strike's success on the nuclear outcome, aligning with the security establishment's stated position that the campaign aimed to roll back Iran's nuclear threshold status. The interview, published by the official broadcaster's radio network, adds a political-layer endorsement to the operational narrative. No additional details on the strike's damage assessments or Iranian response assessments were provided in this broadcast.
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