WATCH: Putin stands to reap benefits of Iran nuclear deal with US, Netanyahu says

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to rethink a nuclear deal with Iran as any funds might find yourself helping Russia sustain its invasion of Ukraine. 

“I believe that we should place heavy sanctions on Iran, and those who advocate lifting the sanctions, which is what this nuclear deal would do if it ever gets signed, would bring hundreds of billions of dollars not only to Iran, but to Russia’s coffers as well,” Netanyahu advised Fox News Digital in an unique interview. 

“So the people are saying, ‘Let’s take a tough stance against Russia’ – [it’s] actually taking a soft stance when they are willing to lift the sanctions on Iran,” added Netanyahu, who simply launched his memoir, “Bibi: My Story.” “I’d be a lot more consistent on that.”

Israel’s election in two weeks will determine whether or not Netanyahu will return as prime minister after he narrowly misplaced the seat two years to a coalition of opposition events. Netanyahu says that he approaches an election “assuming” that he’ll lose, however present polls present a slight majority in his favor. Israelis will go to the polls on November 1st.

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Netanyahu stated that his first level of enterprise, ought to he return as prime minister, could be to “complete the circle of peace” he began with Arab nations when he and then-President Trump initiated 4 peace deals that comprised the Abraham Accords, and the subsequent section could be to usher in Saudi Arabia.

“The Abraham Accords would not have taken place without tacit Saudi approval,” Netanyahu defined. “I will tell you also that two years before the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2018, Saudi Arabia opened up its skies, its airspace to flights from Israel to the Gulf countries: Hundreds of thousands of Israelis crisscrossed Saudi airspace to land in Dubai and Abu Dhabi or in Bahrain.” 

“Obviously, there was a readiness there for progress,” he added. 

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But he careworn that the most important downside dealing with Israel right this moment is “Iran, Iran, Iran,” and that “all other challenges pale in comparison.” 

“If we are threatened by a regime that calls for our destruction, that is armed with the weapons of mass death, that’s something I’m committed to [handling],” he stated. 

The cowl of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s new memoir, which covers his army service, work in politics and insights from his profession. 
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Netanyahu claimed that peace within the Middle East and progress towards additional peace offers relaxation on Israel’s willingness to confront Iran. Part of that opposition consists of rejecting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also referred to as the Iran Nuclear Deal, which he referred to as a coverage aimed toward “containing a nuclear Iran” fairly than one that would “prevent” a nuclear Iran. 

“That is a tragic mistake for the world and for America,” Netanyahu careworn. “Don’t let the ayatollahs have nuclear weapons. Don’t let them become a threshold state that can be weeks away from developing nuclear weapons.”

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“If you have to face up to them, face up to them, because later, when they have nuclear weapons, it’ll be a lot tougher to do, as you can discover from unfolding events elsewhere in the world,” he added. 

Iran’s actions have began increasing past the Middle East, now that Russia has began making use of Iran’s Shahed-136 drone, and Tehran has despatched Revolutionary Guard Corps members to train Russian troops within the weapons’ use – a partnership Netanyahu referred to as “horrible.” 

FILE – This undated {photograph} launched by the Ukrainian army’s Strategic Communications Directorate reveals the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed close to Kupiansk, Ukraine. As protests rage at residence, Iran’s theocratic authorities is more and more flexing its army muscle overseas. That consists of supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, operating drills in a border area with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Ukrainian army’s Strategic Communications Directorate by way of AP, File)
(Ukrainian army’s Strategic Communications Directorate by way of AP, File)

“I think it’s horrible, and yes, we would counter these drones,” Netanyahu stated. “They actually try to infiltrate Israeli airspace with these drones, and [we] shut them down. They would use them with happy abandon if they could, but we take measures against them.”

“But it just tells you … two things, really, about this regime,” he continued. “One is the use of these deadly drones against civilians, which Iran has willingly allowed to happen; and, secondly, look at what is happening in Iran itself – when people were thinking of giving Iran a nuclear deal that was essentially paving the way with hundreds of billions of dollars to build a nuclear arsenal, to build the ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missiles to nuclear warheads … to a regime that oppresses its people.”

Netanyahu took the possibility to converse extremely of the folks of Iran – “especially the brave women” – protesting against the regime within the wake of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s demise. 

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“They’re saying, ‘We want our freedom, we want the freedom to decide what we put out, what we want on our heads, on what we say, how we live,” he stated. “What courage. What an indomitable spirit.”