Netanyahu Admits He Dragged The US Into 12-Day War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that he never asked President Donald Trump for permission before launching the first round of strikes on Iran in 2025, according to The Times of Israel.
Netanyahu said that he never asked Trump or the U.S. government about his planned strikes on Iran during the outbreak of the first round of bombing on Iran known as the 12-Day War, The Times of Israel reported, citing a translation of a speech he gave in Hebrew at the Muni Expo conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The new development emerges as the Iran War stays temporarily paused under a fragile 60-day ceasefire, with no formal peace deal officially signed between the U.S. and Iran.
“I am not going to let that happen. And that is why we are acting. I did not ask for permission. I simply informed him of our plan,” The Times of Israel reported, citing Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday. “I was pleased that he ultimately joined in toward the end of this very important action.”
Netanyahu’s comments cast fresh light on what Marco Rubio initially suggested to the press in March when this year’s U.S.-Israeli campaign began.
“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces,” Rubio told reporters on March 2. “If we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties. This had to happen, no matter what.” (Read more from “Netanyahu Admits He Dragged The US Into 12-Day War” HERE)
