Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the most important achievement was saving Israel from a nuclear annihilation threat. He warned that Iran was racing toward a bomb, and without timely and forceful Israeli action in historic cooperation with the U.S. military, Iran would already possess atomic weapons.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement issued via his channel at 21:04 Monday, said Israel had saved itself from a nuclear annihilation threat, warning that Iran was racing toward a bomb and that without timely and forceful Israeli action — in historic cooperation with the U.S. military — Iran would already possess atomic weapons. The remarks come after a sequence of developments this evening: at 17:46 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported the announcement of an evening press conference from the Prime Minister's Office; by 20:55, the press conference was underway, and by 21:04, Netanyahu had delivered his live statement. The "historic cooperation" claim is new to this version of his message.
Netanyahu first spoke to the nuclear threat earlier Monday at his press conference, stating that Israel had "removed ourselves from immediate annihilation" (17:46 Jerusalem, version 14). As The Zioneer reported over the preceding week, Netanyahu has repeatedly framed the nuclear standoff as a personal mission: on June 8 he said Israel had eliminated the nuclear threat; on June 12 he vowed that Iran would not get nuclear weapons as long as he leads and cited full agreement with President Trump. The earlier reports relied on the prime minister's own statements and single-source channels; by Monday evening, the live press conference — broadcast by N12 and carried by multiple outlets — broadened the sourcing base to an on-the-record public event.
As The Zioneer reported on June 8, Trump reportedly pledged to Netanyahu in a phone call to dismantle Iran's nuclear capabilities; a later background item (June 12) quoted Trump saying the war with Iran was over and that Tehran agreed never to hold nuclear weapons. Monday's developments do not provide independent corroboration of the claims regarding the U.S.-Iran deal or specific operational cooperation.
The prime minister's latest statement remains a single-source assertion — his own channel — and provides no new operational details, intelligence, or independent confirmation of the "historic cooperation" with the U.S. military. The desk continues to assess this as Developing.
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