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Netanyahu calls for overthrow of Iranian government

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says overthrowing the Iranian government is, in his view, the only way to end the threat from Tehran. At an election rally in Dimona, in southern Israel, he said he had given this directive to the army, the Mossad and the security services, according to AFP.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the overthrow of the Iranian government, which he considers the only way to end the threat from Iran. He spoke on Wednesday at an election rally in Dimona, in southern Israel, AFP reports.

Netanyahu said he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces, the Mossad and the security services to carry out this directive. He did not specify when or how it would be implemented.

The prime minister also said Iran had wanted to destroy Israel and produce nuclear weapons, claiming that his country had prevented these aims. His remarks come days before Israel’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for 27 October, in which his political future is at stake, according to our 21 October article on the Israeli parliamentary elections.

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