Benjamin Netanyahu: 'My relationship with President Donald Trump is excellent' - EUROPE SAYS
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuasserted that the US has no greater ally than Israel and that Israel has no greater ally than the US during an interview with Fox News on Sunday. He also claimed that he has an. . .
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuasserted that the US has no greater ally than Israel and that Israel has no greater ally than the US during an interview with Fox News on Sunday. He also claimed that he has an “excellent relationship” withUS President Donald Trump, despite occasional disagreements between them. “In 99% of cases we see eye to eye. But like in every family, and like in every close friendship, there are sometimes disagreements, and we discuss them openly,” Netanyahu told Fox. He denied that the disagreements include having differing goals regarding Iran, telling Fox that the US and Israel “are set on the same goal. ”“We want to see Iran give up itsnuclear weapons program. We want to see the nuclear enriched material removed. We want to see the enrichment sites for nuclear material dismantled,” Netanyahu stated. Netanyahu claimed that after Israel’sOperation Roaring Lionand the US’s Operation Epic Fury, Trump believes that those shared goals can be achieved through negotiating with and putting pressure on Tehran. He continued to assert that regardless of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), as long as he serves as the Prime Minister, Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. When asked what he would say to critics who accuse Israel of being in a permanent state of war, Netanyahu denied the claim, drawing attention to the Abraham Accords and the recently signed Israel-Lebanon deal. “With President Trump, we brought forth four peace deals. That’s what we did with the Abraham Accords,” Netanyahu said, adding that he believes that the Lebanon deal has shown that there is potential for more peace deals to be signed in the future. “Lebanon would like to free itself of Hezbollah terrorists who are, you know, making their lives miserable,” he continued. “They’d like to free Lebanon. I hope we can get more peace deals. ”Tags:Benjamin NetanyahuDonald TrumpIsraelUnited States