Netanyahu says Trump White House ‘on the right side of history’ on Iran

Netanyahu welcomes his “true friend” Pence to Jerusalem

The prime minister says he remembers an incident several years ago in which Pence displayed “clarity and conviction for the direction I was leading Israel,” he says, in remarks delivered at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem.

He thanks Pence for his speech at the Knesset earlier in the day, and says it was a “powerful expressing of our enduring bond between our two countries.”

He goes on to say the foremost challenge facing both countries is Iran.

“The foremost challenge comes from Iran,” Netanyahu says. Tehran is “spreading murder and mayhem in the Middle East,” and thanks the Trump administration for speaking out, in contrast with others who are “remaining silent.”

“You’re on the right side of history,” and Iran’s people will “thank Washington when they are free,” he says.

Netanyahu goes on to say that Israel will “unequivocally” support the president’s decision to walk away from a bad deal.

“Fully fix it or fully nix it,” he says.