Israel PM Netanyahu has been pushing to bomb Iran since the 1990’s • FRANCE 24 English

this week’s strikes exemplify Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 30-year obsession with his sworn enemy Iran moments ago Israel launched Operation Rising Lion a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival the chairman of the right-wing Lud party has called Iran an existential threat to Israel since he rose to power in the 1990s his domestic political opponents have said that he has been obsessed with bombing Iran with a rival even calling it a messianic conviction but for Netanyahu the danger goes beyond atomic weapons iran is what Netanyahu calls the head of the snake it’s in charge of regional proxies such as Hezbollah and Lebanon militant groups in Iraq the Houthis in Yemen Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank and the Islamic Jihad he says Iran finances and arms all of these organizations creating an existential problem the fact that it could someday possess a nuclear bomb increases Israel’s existential risk according to the International Atomic Energy Agency Iran is the only state without nuclear weapons that has managed to enrich uranium to 60% file purity a level of 90% is necessary for an atomic bomb in the past Israeli intelligence officials have argued that attacking Iran risks harming Israel’s security as Iran’s persistent sense of being under threat from Israel would accelerate its race for nuclear weapons

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nearly 20-year-old threat to strike Iran came true on Friday, as US President Donald Trump warned Tehran of further “brutal” attacks if it refuses to negotiate.
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37 comments

  2. Israel is specifically targeting Iran’s military facilities, particularly those linked to advanced weapon systems that could pose a serious threat in the near future. In contrast, Iran is deliberately targeting Israeli civilians, a reckless and inhumane act that highlights the regime’s disregard for innocent lives and international law. Such actions reflect a deeply flawed and dangerous mindset!.

  6. Correction, the goal was to stop Iran to get the bomb. But seeing Obama sending sending pallets of cash to the mollahs and Europe only interest in business as usual, the proper conclusion was that Israel had to do it alone as usual. Remember Sadam and Assad were striped of their nuclear dream, while the 'free world' looked away.

  11. Iran retaliate , u know what happen nxt , good luck to both countries , we are only ordinary people, no one hear our suggestions and opinions. Go go go

  12. The Iranian leaders made a huge mistake in my opinion. They should have negotiated a new deal that would have prevented all this. Instead of doing that the Iranian leaders decided to gamble by playing time and by increasing their threats. High time for the Iranian leaders to look in the mirror and to re-evaluate their strategy, instead of blaming others for their own mistakes.

  13. Makes you wonder for 30 years he has been talking about this and the world has said no, why does he have the green light now?? lol As an outsider I do not like aggressors in warfare and I wish there were rules as such that would actually be enforced but since their is no global enforcement mechanism and a bunch of useful idiots I do understand Israel strategy and why they say waiting for the right time is key to strategic victory this is the right time to go all in!!!!

  17. Anyway these God chosen peoples managed to pull the EU, Canada, India into its greater Israel motives, at the same time play victims 😮😮😮

  19. ​​And just to clarify: It is not Qatar's fault that it is so easy to bribe people even in the highest political positions in the so-called free world. It has been especially easy to do that in France.

  23. Zionist racism and cleansing, what does bibi want on his tombstone, just kidding you're going to have to leave him unmarked or else the vandals; he was not a good man.

  27. Yep, for 30 year's Iran had a nuclear bomb "mminent". If even North Korea has it, aim sire Iran would as well if they wanted…

  28. Rising Lion? Huh! 😅

    As soon as Iran signaled retaliation, he tucked his tail, jumped on a jet, and vanished into a bunker, heart of cokoo🐣
    Brave on TV — missing in action when it matters. 🐈✈️🕳️

  30. I won't lie. It's the religion of peace and they have made enemies with every single civilisation on earth. This is why there is virtually no opposition to Gaza and there won't any for Iran either.

  31. He pushed the entire Western world to destroy Iraq Afghanistan Libya and pushed the western world to fund the Arab spring and civil wars in Arab nations so I dont doubt his ability to push US and Nato once again against Iran, after he rules the U.S in reality since he owns Aipac and Adl and the strongest and most powerful lobying groups in the world and the planet, with Rothschields in UK and Europe, and Aipac in U.S, he does own entire West and can move them to Iran, his agenda is to destroy the entire Muslim world so that he and his group remain in power in holy lands in Middle East in the heart of the Muslim world, by destroyng Muslim nations one by one, his people and his fake country will exist, im pretty sure once he gets rid of Iran using US and EU and Nato he will push next for Turkey and Pakistan and Egypt, he wont rest, he owns America !!!

  34. 😂😂😂 This man is danger for his own people mainly and also for world
    Israel and western hypocrites lies super saturated the internet and top level media
    Biased is not good for media

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