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Thursday, June 26, 2025
PM: Win over Iran created opportunity to expand peace deals that must be seized
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Hours after a report emerged that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump agreed on a vision that would see the war in Gaza end within two weeks and Arab states sign peace deals with Israel, the premier releases a video stressing that Israel has the chance to attain the “dramatic expansion” of its normalization accords.
“We fought valiantly against Iran – and achieved a great victory,” says Netanyahu. “This victory opens up an opportunity for a dramatic expansion of the peace agreements. We are working hard on this.”
“Along with the release of our hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” he continues, “there is a window of opportunity here that must not be missed. Not even a single day can be wasted.”
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