Netanyahu says Iran war 'beyond the halfway point,' tells Trump to ignore anti-war polls
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the war with Iran was "beyond the halfway point" and urged President Donald Trump to ignore polling and continue the war to its completion.
In an interview with Newsmax, Netanyahu portrayed the war with Iran as an existential struggle that concerned all of Western civilization. When asked about a time frame for the war, he said he didn't want to set a schedule but that it was more than halfway toward its objectives.
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