Netanyahu denies Rouhani’s claim Israel behind Iran protests: ‘It’s laughable’

“I heard today Iran’s President Rouhani’s claim that Israel is behind the protests in Iran. It’s not only false, it’s laughable,” says Netanyahu in a video message in English.

“Unlike Rouhani, I will not insult the Iranian people. They deserve better.”

Netanyahu applauds the “brave” demonstrators and their calls for “freedom” and “justice.”

“Brave Iranians are pouring into the streets. They seek freedom. They seek justice. They seek the basic liberties that have been denied to them for decades,” he says.

The premier says “Iran’s cruel regime” has spent “billions of dollars spreading hate” rather than building schools and hospitals for its own citizens.

Netanyahu chides European governments for staying silent as “heroic young Iranians are beaten in the streets.”

He says “Iranians and Israelis will be great friends once again” after the Islamic Republic collapses, which “one day it will.”