Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night and laid out his vision for Iran and its proxies—from the possibility that Tehran’s regime could collapse to how Israel should keep up the pressure.
In the interview with correspondent Major Garrett, Netanyahu made clear the war against the Islamic Republic isn’t over. If the regime falls, he said, “I think it will be the end of Hezbollah and Hamas and probably the Houthis too.”
The prime minister said a collapse of the terror regime is a real possibility, though he can’t predict when it might happen. “Is it guaranteed? No,” he acknowledged.
Netanyahu also shared details of a conversation he had with President Trump before Trump’s first term began. “We can’t let Iran get nuclear weapons. I won’t let it happen,” Netanyahu said Trump told him repeatedly.
Another major declaration in the interview touched on economic and security ties between Israel and the United States. Netanyahu said he wants to gradually reduce American military aid to Israel—currently around $3.8 billion annually—until it ends completely.
“I want to bring American financial support and the financial component of our military cooperation down to zero,” Netanyahu said. “It’s time we weaned ourselves from American military aid and moved from aid to partnership.”