Netanyahu says U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran will not lead to ‘endless war’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Monday that strikes on Iran will not produce an “endless war” and that the campaign will be “quick and decisive,” he said.

“You’re not going to have an endless war,” Netanyahu told Sean Hannity, arguing the Iranian regime is at its weakest point “since it hijacked Iran from the brave Iranian people 47 years ago.” He said the action would create conditions for Iranians to form a “democratically elected government,” a claim he attributed to the expected results of the campaign.

Netanyahu said the fall of Iran’s leadership would open the door to “many peace treaties” with other Muslim countries and specifically cited Saudi Arabia as a nation that would have “a lot to gain.” He credited cooperation with former President Donald J. Trump for earlier breakthroughs, saying he and Trump helped broker the Abraham Accords, “four peace treaties with four Arab countries.”

He defended the dramatic military action, which he referred to as “Operation Epic Fury,” saying the strikes were necessary after Iran allegedly continued to build new nuclear and missile sites in underground bunkers. “If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future,” Netanyahu said, adding that a resolute U.S. president was needed to act.

Netanyahu also dismissed critics who say the United States was dragged into conflict with Iran, calling former President Trump “the strongest leader in the world” and saying Trump acts in what he believes is the best interest of the United States and future generations, comments he made in the same interview.

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