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Thursday, April 17, 2025
‘Time to change the Middle East’: Gantz urges coordinated strike on Iran’s nukes
National Unity party leader Benny Gantz reacts to the report that Israel shelved a plan to strike Iran’s nuclear sites after US President Donald Trump rejected it and chose diplomacy.
“The Iranian Regime are experts at stalling,” the senior opposition politician tweets in English. “The State of Israel must, and can remove the prospect of Iranian nuclear capabilities.”
In a Hebrew-language version of the post, Gantz explicitly says Israel “must and can strike Iran.”
“Coordinating closely with our great ally the United States, it is time to change the Middle East,” he adds.
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