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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Coalition politicians praise Trump, Netanyahu after strikes on Iran nuclear sites
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Senior coalition officials and members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet praise US President Donald Trump for his decision to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declaring that “this morning, the world is a better and safer world. For Israel and the entire world.”
“Thank you to the Lord of the Universe. Thank you to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Ron Dermer, who have been working together resolutely for 25 years for this moment… Thank you to President Trump, who shows true leadership and commitment to the State of Israel and world peace,” Smotrich says, warning that despite Jerusalem and Washington’s military successes, “the war is not over.”
Trump and Netanyahu’s actions “will be remembered for generations as those that literally saved us all from the threat of terrorism and destruction from Iran,” declares Justice Minister Yariv Levin.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also lauds Trump and Netanyahu, tweeting: “God Bless President Trump. God Bless America. God Bless the United States Army. God Bless the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. God Bless the Israel Defense Forces.”
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana likewise welcomes American military intervention in an English-language post, asserting that “President Trump didn’t wait for another Pearl Harbor to confront the forces of darkness.”
“He acted decisively, courageously, and with monumental moral clarity. Today, America saved the free world,” he writes.
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