Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: US Acting Against Iran Economically, Israel Operating Militarily

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan on January 3, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Times of Israel: Netanyahu: US acting against Iran economically, Israel operating militarily

PM says Trump’s ‘courageous’ decision to renew US sanctions on Tehran complements IDF actions in the region

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday painted a picture of close Israeli-American cooperation in efforts to stymie Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions, saying US President Donald Trump “is acting against Iran at the economic level and we here in Israel are acting against Iran at the military level.”

In an address to IDF cadets at Bar Ilan University, Netanyahu said he had “insisted” the US re-impose sanctions on Iran following Washington’s exit from the international nuclear accord last year, and that the US president “indeed made the courageous decision to renew them.”

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