Subhechcha Ganguly 
Tel Aviv/Washington – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of attempting to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming Tehran views him as a major obstacle to its nuclear ambitions. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Netanyahu said Iran had made at least two such attempts through proxies.
“He’s enemy number one for them,” Netanyahu said, praising Trump’s hardline stance against Iran, including his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, authorize the killing of General Qasem Soleimani, and impose stringent sanctions on Tehran. “He made it clear: you cannot enrich uranium, which means you cannot build a bomb.”
Netanyahu claimed that Iran’s animosity stems from Trump’s firm position against Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “Those who chant ‘Death to America,’ who killed 241 U.S. Marines in Beirut, who injured and killed thousands of American soldiers in Afghanistan, should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons,” he said.
He further revealed that Iran had also targeted him, calling himself Trump’s “junior partner” in confronting Tehran’s ambitions.
The remarks follow Israel’s recent surprise airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, which reportedly killed several key Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists. The escalation has significantly intensified tensions in the region.
Netanyahu described Israel as facing a dual existential threat from Iran—its accelerating uranium enrichment aimed at producing atomic bombs and its expanding ballistic missile program, which he claimed could soon produce up to 3,600 warheads annually.
“Israel had to act,” Netanyahu said. “No nation can sit idly by while its very existence is threatened by a regime pursuing nuclear weapons and missile supremacy.”
