Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted 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” with US 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 its nuclear 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’s Operation Roaring Lion and 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.
This is a developing story.
