Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was prepared to “go it alone” when it came to the war in Gaza, as President Biden was accused of sending mixed messages about the US position on the conflict.
Netanyahu, in a recent interview with Douglas Murray of British TalkTV, said, “A country has to do what it has to do to survive.
“If they can’t stand the heat of public opinion, then we just have to do it alone. We’re going to do what we have to do,” he said of other world leaders — as the Biden White House vacillated between declaring it had its back on Israel and then appeared to backpedal as anti-Israel protests heated up at home.
“This is what Iran does without nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said of the regional war, which has erupted as Iran-backed militants launched attacks on the US and its allies in the Middle East in retaliation for their support for Israel.
“Now imagine nuclear weapons. … What does it mean when you have a nation that is aggressive and intent and has nuclear weapons? They are very aggressive. And they have a theology, a radical Islamic theology that directs them towards not only the conquest of the Middle East, but global domination,” he said.
“Too many countries and too many leaders have slept for too long. We need to act to ensure that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and I certainly intend to do that.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready to fight Hamas and Iran only if the US and its allies do not want to. X/Israel PM
The prime minister described the bloody war against the Palestinian terror group Hamas as just one struggle in a wider struggle for future global dominance — with Iran on one side and the Western world on the other.
“I’ve told President Biden, I’ve told all the leaders who come here, ‘This is your war too because this is not just a skirmish,'” Netanyahu said.
“This is part of the big confrontation between Israel’s moderate axis and the modern Arab states, against Iran, Iran’s terrorist axis.
“The whole world is now watching. Who will win? They sit on the bench, who will win, will Iran win? Or will Israel win? Will they win or will the west win?”
Iran is the main backer of Hamas, the extremist Islamist group that violently attacked Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,200 civilians and sparking a war that has raged between Gaza and the Jewish state ever since.
In addition to Hamas, Iran supports numerous extremist and terrorist groups in the Middle East known as the Axis of Resistance, which effectively acts as a proxy force in the wider campaign to destroy Israel, expel western influence from the region and reshape the geopolitical map with Iran on its time. center.
Netanyahu said Israel’s war against Hamas was part of a wider global conflict over Iranian aggression. Getty Images
Other prominent terrorist groups doing Iran’s bidding include the Houthis in Yemen – who have disrupted global trade and launched attacks from the US military by raiding merchant ships in the Red Sea – and Hezbollah along Israel’s border in Lebanon, which has been on the verge of opening. the second front line in the months-long Gaza war.
“For them this is all a big battle of civilizations. Our civilization, against their brutal aggression, their violence, their rejection of all the values we hold dear, the idea of freedom choose freedom,” Netanyahu said. “Women’s rights, minority rights, gay rights, they want to eliminate all that. And the question is, do we stand or do we fall?”
Defeating Hamas is important not only to protect Israel from terrorist groups – but to protect allies around the world from Iran, Netanyahu said.
“If barbarism wins here, Europe will be next. America will be next. Iran will emerge victorious. Unchallenged Iran will conquer the Middle East, Iran will develop unchallenged nuclear weapons. It will have ballistic missiles to threaten Europe and the United States,” the prime minister said.
“This is part of a bigger battle. And everyone has a stake in Israel’s victory.”
If Israel does not defeat Hamas, Netanyahu said Iran will pose a major threat to the entire world. AFP via Getty Images
Over the weekend, US troops suffered their first death by enemy fire since fighting broke out in Israel when a drone struck an American base in neighboring Jordan.
Three members of the military were killed and 34 others were wounded during Saturday night’s attack, which President Biden blamed on “radical Iranian-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iran.”
The deaths come after the Biden administration’s commitment to support Israel’s war against Hamas has appeared to drag on for weeks amid public protests in the US.
Biden officials have reportedly considered slowing or stopping arms shipments to Israel to try to pressure the country into reducing its attacks on Gaza – which have killed more than 26,000 civilians in the city, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.
The White House, responding to the weapons-related report, which first appeared by NBC, said there had been “no change” in its policy toward Israel.
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