Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the ongoing fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip does not distract Israel from the threat posed by Iran.
"For me, there is no diversion of attention on this matter - the Iranian regime needs to be dealt with, and beyond that, I won't elaborate here," Netanyahu said in response to a lawmaker’s question at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
"If Iran becomes armed with nuclear weapons, it will be a long-term problem for Israel. Our commitment to this should primarily be national - we cannot compromise on this."
(Itamar Eichner)