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Netanyahu election pitch on Iran war

Netanyahu's closing argument to Israeli voters, per Reuters and Samuel: another term for him could mean the war with Iran starting up again. Trump was front and center on election eve, and Netanyahu pointed to the president's message urging Israelis to vote for him because "we have to finish the job that we started." From there it gets more direct. Trump, in Netanyahu's telling, is ready to act in a way that could "finally" remove the Iranian threat. But that partnership, he suggested, hinges on him still being prime minister. He also said he has instructed Israel's military and Mossad to "bring down" Iran's regime. The pitch has become hard to miss: keep him in power, keep Trump as a partner, and finish the war against Iran.

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Netanyahu election pitch on Iran war

Netanyahu's closing argument to Israeli voters, per Reuters and Samuel: another term for him could mean the war with Iran starting up again. Trump was front and center on election eve, and Netanyahu pointed to the president's message urging Israelis to vote for him because "we have to finish the job that we started." From there it gets more direct. Trump, in Netanyahu's telling, is ready to act in a way that could "finally" remove the Iranian threat. But that partnership, he suggested, hinges on him still being prime minister. He also said he has instructed Israel's military and Mossad to "bring down" Iran's regime. The pitch has become hard to miss: keep him in power, keep Trump as a partner, and finish the war against Iran.

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