Benjamin Netanyahu

Senior American: We are talking to Netanyahu. The president spoke with Bibi yesterday. We feel that when they see all the details of the deal and understand that the Iranians have to deliver the goods before we do anything - they will feel comfortable with that. The Israelis expressed concern to us about the incorrect details published in the Iranian media, but we made it clear to them that this was not true.

Axios.

Israeli journalist Tamir Morag: “The more the agreement with Iran turns out to be as bad as it appears, Netanyahu must cling to the words of Vice President Vance, who explained this week that Israel and the U.S. are separate countries, "and at times our interests diverge - and when that happens, we act in the American interest."

Israel, too, is committed to acting in its most fundamental interests.”

Via @Tamir114

Netanyahu told ministers that Trump pressured him to limit Israel's response following Iran's missile attack, asking "Did they kill any of your people?"

Netanyahu rejected the premise: "I am not prepared to accept an equation in which we respond only if people are killed. If they attack Israeli territory, I respond and strike back."

On concerns about dependence on Washington:

"We are not subordinate to the Americans; we are their allies."

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Trump, after Iran slaughtered 40,000 of its own people: “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”

Piers Morgan: “It was Netanyahu who persuaded Trump into this war.”

Netanyahu's office says any Iran deal will also limit missile production and end Tehran's support for regional proxies.

Netanyahu spoke with Trump on the emerging Iran MOU. According to the PM’s office, Israel is not a party to the agreement, but welcomed Trump’s commitment to eliminate Iran’s enriched uranium, enrichment capabilities, missile program, and support for regional proxies.

CNN Report: Israel was reportedly unaware of any pending agreement with Iran and had not approved one, according to an Israeli source.

Trump’s announcement of a deal reportedly caught Netanyahu by surprise during a security meeting on Iran.

According to CNN, the claim was based on assurances from Pakistani mediators, though U.S. officials had not yet confirmed any agreement with Tehran.

Slovenia's new government has lifted the arms embargo on Israel imposed by its predecessor and reversed the "persona non grata" designations for Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. Imports from Judea and Samaria will also resume.

Turkish President Erdogan compared Netanyahu to Hitler, saying those who "follow in Hitler's footsteps" will meet "the same fate as other tyrants throughout history."

He called Israel under its current government "a factory of discord whose only raw materials are blood and tears," and warned that those who "attack our region like sharks that have smelled blood" will be held accountable.

At a cabinet meeting, Israel's government approved a roughly NIS 400 million strategic plan aimed at strengthening northern industry and business.

Netanyahu said : "We will restore security to the North, and we will create security in the North as we did in the South."

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Tucker Carlson on Iran:

The war in Iran has taught us that actually on the big questions, the people you elect aren't even in charge.

Someone else is. In this case, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu Congratulates India's Modi:

Prime Minister Modi, my dear friend Narendra, congratulations on becoming India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister.

You've transformed India, you've strengthened the bond between India and Israel, and you've earned the admiration of millions and millions around the world.

Our friendship and the bond between our two great nations have never been stronger.

Netanyahu to the people of Lebanon:

Seize your future. Join Israel. Build safety and prosperity for all of our children.

And once Hezbollah is dismantled, the possibilities will be endless. And they are sky high.

Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Abu al-Fazl Shekarchi:

“Every time Trump speaks, Iran delivers a stronger response, and that will continue.

Our responses are becoming more forceful, more powerful, and more aggressive.

We will never submit to what we call global arrogance, particularly Trump and Netanyahu.

The United States is no longer the superpower it once was. The world has witnessed Iran’s strength.”

Any minute now, Netanyahu will be on the phone with Barak Ravid, saying he’s about to call President Trump and ask him to hold back on the strike.

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Trump on Netanyahu and Iran:

“He was hit by Iran, and he hit back. I can’t blame him for that. Now they’ve called it quits, so they’re gonna leave each other alone for another week or something.

They both agreed, through me, to stop.

We’re in the final throes of a very good deal that will not allow, in any way or form, nuclear weapons.

And the Strait will open up right away. It’ll open up immediately upon signing, which could be in two or three days.”

REPORTER: “Did you ask Netanyahu not to hit back?”

TRUMP: “No. I said do what's right but I want you to stop as quickly as you can. Because they have to stop. It has to do with Lebanon. And it has to stop. We want to get it finished”

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if he went back to war with Iran, he might find himself fighting alone.

"I said, 'Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,'" Trump told Axios earlier today.

Sky News: “If Netanyahu goes back to war with Iran, will you be with him?”

Trump: "I don't think it'll happen. It's all working out very well. Iran is doing what they have to do; I don’t think that's going to happen, ok?”

Lebanon's President Aoun says he will not meet with Netanyahu until an agreement to end the war is reached.

Trump informed Netanyahu that a preliminary framework bringing Iran and the U.S. to the table for a broader deal is nearing completion, according to the New York Times.

According to new reports for Israel army radio, Israel was about to launch an additional massive strike across Iran, but held back.

According to the NYT, President Trump asked Netanyahu to reconsider to make way for an Iran deal.