Bennett urges Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program: ‘A one-time window of opportunity’

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett calls for Israel to strike the Iranian nuclear program which, he says, “casts a dark shadow over our futures,” amid reports military or intelligence targets could be hit in response to Tehran’s ballistic missile attack last week.

“For the first time, we have the ability to act against Iran without fearing a terrible and intolerable reaction,” Bennett says in a video statement, referring to the weakness of Tehran’s proxies, the Hezbollah and Hamas terror groups.

“The Iranian regime of terrorism and murder is exposed and vulnerable for the first time,” he says.

“This is a one-time window of opportunity in which we have both the legitimacy and the ability to severely damage the Iranian regime and its nuclear program,” Bennett says.

Earlier today, The New York Times reported that Israel did not have a real plan to attack Iran’s nuclear program until Bennett became prime minister in 2021, having instead focused on Hezbollah.

Bennett quickly “order[ed] new exercises to simulate flying the long distances to Iran and pour[ed] new resources into the preparations,” the newspaper said.