He accused the Iranian regime of seeking Israel's destruction and argued that a government with a narrow parliamentary base would be unable to address the country's security challenges.
\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot to join a proposed national unity government, arguing that Israel needs a broad political coalition to confront mounting security challenges, particularly the threat posed by Iran.
\n\nIn a statement posted on X on Thursday, Netanyahu said he had held an “important conversation” with Eisenkot, adding that the meeting had reinforced his belief in the need for a government bringing together parties that support Israel as the state of the Jewish people.
\n\nNetanyahu claimed that Iran was once again working to revive its nuclear programme and warned that Tehran could pose an existential threat to Israel if it resumed uranium enrichment and accelerated the development of nuclear weapons.
\n\n“We must do everything to continue preventing it from doing so, as we did in ‘Am Kelavi’ and ‘Shaagat Ha’ari,’ when we averted an immediate threat of annihilation,” Netanyahu said, referring to Israeli military operations.
\n\nThe prime minister said Israel needed to eliminate what he described as the Iranian existential threat once…
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