Netanyahu: No Iranian nukes while I am PM. Apres moi le deluge?
Dr. Aaron Lerner 12 June 2026

In the statement below, Prime Minister Netanyahu assures the Israeli public
that the Iranians won't have nukes as long as he is prime minister.

Apres moi le deluge?

As prime minister, Mr. Netanyahu's responsibility is not only to stop Iran
from having nukes while he is serving as prime minister but also to create
the conditions - diplomatic, military and otherwise - that Iran doesn't have
nukes when the day comes that someone else serves as Israel's prime
minister.

Here are examples of how world leaders talk - notice 'we' rather than 'I':

Menachem Begin 8 June 1981 after the strike on Iraq's reactor
'On no account shall we permit an enemy to develop weapons of mass
destruction against the people of Israel.'

Ronald Reagan 6 June 1984
'We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be
prepared, so we will always be free.'

Abraham Lincoln 19 November 1863
'... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.'

Winston Churchill 4 June 1940
'...we shall never surrender.'

John F. Kennedy 20 January 1961
'Let every nation know that we shall pay any price, bear any burden to
assure the survival and the success of
liberty.'

George W. Bush 20 September 2001
'We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.'

Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this afternoon (Friday, 12 June 2026)
[translated from Hebrew]:

'As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel Iran will not have nuclear
weapons.

President Trump and I are in full agreement on this issue.

For over 30 years, I have been at the forefront of the international
struggle against Iran's nuclear program.

Were it not for this struggle, Iran would have long ago possessed atomic
bombs to destroy Israel.

Iran is working to destroy the Jewish state, and I am dedicating my life to
preventing them from doing so.

As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, this will not happen.'
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