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Speaker 2: Israel launching another round of attacks on several locations in Araun.
Speaker 2: President Trump republicly telling ABC QUO, I think it's been
Speaker 2: excellent and there's more to come. Joining us now to
Speaker 2: discuss is Danny Toon on, the Israeli Ambassador to the
Speaker 2: United Nations Ambasadoric and Monic.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having me journal. Thank you for.
Speaker 2: Sharing some of your time with this because I'm sure
Speaker 2: you've been exceptionally busy. Let's just talk about where things
Speaker 2: stand right now. Is this operation ongoing and ultimately one
Speaker 2: of the gals.
Speaker 3: Whether the growth are very clear.
Speaker 1: We want to be sure that they want will not
Speaker 1: put the threat not only against but against the entire
Speaker 1: Western civilization. And specifically, we have two main goals to
Speaker 1: eliminate the nuclear capabilities and to stop the production of
Speaker 1: baddistic missiles and len me laborators at You know, it's
Speaker 1: not only the nuclear weapons.
Speaker 3: We all know about the you.
Speaker 1: And you enrichment and about that they're getting very close
Speaker 1: to put a bomb together, but to look at what
Speaker 1: they're doing with the ballistic missiles. They want to they
Speaker 1: wanted to be at the same level of the US
Speaker 1: and Russia. In terms of the quantity and the technology
Speaker 1: of the ballistic missiles, we couldn't allow it to happen.
Speaker 1: We got intel about their intentions to create another attack
Speaker 1: against Israel. You know, we all remember what happened on
Speaker 1: October seventh, but this time they wanted to use thousands
Speaker 1: of ballistic missiles and invade into it well with their proxies.
Speaker 3: So it was a preemptive attack.
Speaker 1: So we will continue until we will be sure that
Speaker 1: we eliminated those two capabilities.
Speaker 2: How share rank you right now?
Speaker 3: Well, we will.
Speaker 1: Have to wait and see the result of the attack
Speaker 1: of last night. It was a major attack. More than
Speaker 1: two hundred aircraft participated in the attack, many targets, many
Speaker 1: senior military officials were eliminated last night, and we will
Speaker 1: continue until we know that one is in the point
Speaker 1: that they cannot continue with their efforts.
Speaker 4: Including the IRGC General commander. Is there an intent for
Speaker 4: regime changing around from Israel, Well.
Speaker 1: That's not our goal. You know, we are concerned about
Speaker 1: the threats to it. Well for the Iranian people, I
Speaker 1: wish they would have a different regime.
Speaker 3: You know, we saw what happened in i Onan.
Speaker 1: The people are suffering there, that have no way hitting
Speaker 1: the winter, no ac in the summer, that are suffering there.
Speaker 1: But our goals is to eliminate the capabilities of A
Speaker 1: one so they will not be able to threaten us.
Speaker 1: And then might look at the map. We have no
Speaker 1: border with A one. It takes us hours to fly
Speaker 1: there in order to attack those facilities. But still they
Speaker 1: spend billions of dollars to create threats against Israel.
Speaker 4: This nuclear enrichment is deep into the mountains. How long
Speaker 4: will that victory actually take? And it's called Rising Lion?
Speaker 3: Why is that?
Speaker 1: Well, you know, every time we pick a name when
Speaker 1: we have a military operation, sometimes the computer is doing
Speaker 1: it for us, so there is no real meaning for
Speaker 1: the world of the operation. But I would say that
Speaker 1: I A published recently that enough urvenium to create not
Speaker 1: only one bomb, multiple bombs, So it's only it was
Speaker 1: a matter of days to put it together. We decided
Speaker 1: not to wait, not to take that risk. We believed
Speaker 1: the threat of the Iranian when they said that they're
Speaker 1: going to use those ballistic missiles to destroy Israel.
Speaker 3: We took it very seriously.
Speaker 4: How much did the Israeli government brief the US.
Speaker 1: Government so we talked with the US, but this decision
Speaker 1: was decided in Jerusalem, and we took that decision independently,
Speaker 1: not for the first time in the eighties.
Speaker 3: And I want to remind you.
Speaker 1: We attacked the nuclear actor in Iraq. We took the
Speaker 1: decision by ourselves when we attacked the reactor in Syria.
Speaker 1: I think it will serve the US and other Western democracies,
Speaker 1: but it was a decision that was made in Israel.
Speaker 4: Do you think the United States will come to not
Speaker 4: just Israeli defense, but potentially if you're needing help with
Speaker 4: more attack if this continues for days and weeks.
Speaker 1: Well, since the day that was established, we never asked
Speaker 1: the US to fight for us. We know how to
Speaker 1: fight and we know how to defeat our enemies. You know,
Speaker 1: we have heard threats that Direnia there threatening the US,
Speaker 1: targets that are threatening.
Speaker 4: The allies of the US in your embassy, right.
Speaker 1: So we take precautions in different places around the world.
Speaker 1: We are aware over the threats, but we will continue
Speaker 1: also in Israel. We have to be honest, you know,
Speaker 1: in needwel today we are getting ready for serious attacks
Speaker 1: coming from Iran. It will be very intense intense in neither.
Speaker 1: In the next few days, we are preparing the population
Speaker 1: in this operation. It's not only about the bravery of
Speaker 1: the pilots, it's about the population in Israel. They will
Speaker 1: have to follow the guidelines in order to avoid casualties.
Speaker 2: Ambassadors, you know the United States is system themselves from
Speaker 2: this in the last twenty four US and said they
Speaker 2: weren't pound of the attack. What's not clear to us
Speaker 2: is whether they assisted in the defense of Israel.
Speaker 3: Did I, Well, you know we.
Speaker 2: Have capabilities and we are Did they assist you when
Speaker 2: they sent out drafts from a run to Israel? Did
Speaker 2: you receive any help from partners outside of Israel?
Speaker 1: Well, as far as I know that we were able
Speaker 1: to deal with the ones by ourselves and in a way.
Speaker 1: But we have to realize, you know, the threat is
Speaker 1: not only against Israel. As I said earlier, Iran is
Speaker 1: threatening the allies of the US in the Gulf. So
Speaker 1: we have the capabilities. I'm not sure they have the
Speaker 1: same capabilities.
Speaker 4: Are you worried about an asymmetrical response from Iran?
Speaker 1: Well, we took into consideration that there will be retaliation
Speaker 1: and marine and.
Speaker 3: Will be proportional.
Speaker 1: Well, they know that we have capabilities as well, so
Speaker 1: they will have to think, you know, twice before the
Speaker 1: attackers and what they are doing. And I would say
Speaker 1: that today we can reach every target in Iran. We
Speaker 1: have the control in terms of our.
Speaker 4: Pilot to reach every target.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, we have the capability. We focused on
Speaker 1: the goal earlier. I mentioned earlier the ballistic missile infrastructure
Speaker 1: and the nuclear facilities.
Speaker 4: How long will that take if you were to reach
Speaker 4: every target.
Speaker 3: Well, it's not going to be a show operation, and
Speaker 3: it will day, two weeks or months.
Speaker 1: No, I wouldn't say months, but it can take days
Speaker 1: or weeks.
Speaker 2: How lonely this is round at the United Nations at
Speaker 2: the moment.
Speaker 1: Well, I will let you know in a few minutes
Speaker 1: when I go there, Jonathan, But it's gonna be it's
Speaker 1: gonna be tough for us. I want already called for
Speaker 1: the Security Council to meet public.
Speaker 3: Will happen this afternoon.
Speaker 1: But you know, I will tell my colleague that the
Speaker 1: UN where were you in the last ten years when
Speaker 1: I ran threatened these? Well where were you when the
Speaker 1: same ballistic missions?
Speaker 3: Where were you.
Speaker 1: When they actually acquire the nuclear capabilities? So you know,
Speaker 1: words will not stop Iran is.
Speaker 4: Well will the international response Saudi Arabia calling it heines,
Speaker 4: the Native Secretary General calling for de escalation, the UN
Speaker 4: Secretary General calling for maximum or strain. Do you think
Speaker 4: there is a diplomatic group when it comes to dealing
Speaker 4: with this regime?
Speaker 1: Well, I think that you know already you have the
Speaker 1: Diplomatic Act and the time for that will come. But
Speaker 1: we thought that the diplomacy didn't convince Iran to change courts.
Speaker 1: You know, for decades they negotiated, they played the game.
Speaker 1: The light we found we had the intel that they
Speaker 1: are developing nuclear capabilities for military uses.
Speaker 4: There's some analysis so that under the JCPOA they were restrained,
Speaker 4: they were capped. They are not capped. Now when it
Speaker 4: comes to enrichment.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, without the JCPOA, they were continuing and
Speaker 1: what we only recently that you know, alongside the reactors
Speaker 1: and the plan that was supervised by the international community,
Speaker 1: they developed a military capability that they were hiding it
Speaker 1: from the international community. So once we realized that going
Speaker 1: to that direction, we decided to stop that.
Speaker 2: Ambassador, we preciate your time this morning, thanks for making saying.
Speaker 2: I'm sure you can have an exceptional pas ahead of yes,
Speaker 2: so thank you sir. This is running Ambassador to the
Speaker 2: UN janneton there and the latest attacks on the Round