Netanyahu seeks US mechanism for approval on future Iran strikes if nuclear threat resurfaces - Amichai Stein

 

by Amichai Stein

Jerusalem Post EXCLUSIVE: Source tells 'Post' that PM is seeking similar mandate to IAF in Lebanon, where there is prior US approval for strikes on suspicious activity at nuclear sites, or involving uranium.

 

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump seen near the White House (illustrative)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask US President Donald Trump for a "green light" to take action against any Iranian activity related to Tehran's rebuilding of its nuclear program in their Monday meeting, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post.

"The goal is to receive a mandate similar to the situation in Lebanon, meaning that if suspicious activity is detected at nuclear sites, or if there's evidence of uranium being removed from the areas that where hit by US and Israeli warplanes, there would already be prior US approval to act against it," the official added.

Israel's objective is to establish a US-led mechanism aimed at preventing Iran from reconstructing its nuclear program.

"We want the snapback sanctions mechanism to be imposed on Iran as well, due to its lack of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the official told the Post, adding that Israel wants to increase pressure on Tehran.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors left Iran last week "due to security reasons while Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a law suspending cooperation with the IAEA."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara seen boarding the Wing of Zion ahead of a trip to the United States, July 6, 2025 (credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Before departing for Washington on Sunday, Netanyahu told reporters that "We must remain vigilant against Iran’s attempts to renew its pursuit of nuclear weapons aimed at our destruction."

Recent action taken by Israel, US against Iran and its proxies

The IDF has shifted its focus back to southern Lebanon, where it continues to target Hezbollah infrastructure, after the Israel-Iran War concluded in June.

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed terrorist Qassem Salah Al-Husseini in the area of Kfarkela in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the two security agencies announced Friday.

Husseini was a Lebanese terrorist involved in advancing plots against Israeli civilians and IDF troops on the northern front on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force.

The US bombing of Iran's key Fordow nuclear site has "seriously and heavily damaged" the facility, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with CBS News.

"No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged," Araghchi said in the interview broadcast on Tuesday.

Jerusalem Post Staff, Peled Arbeli, and Reuters contributed to this report.

Amichai Stein

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860175

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