Israeli president Isaac Herzog thanks Trump for 'historic' Iran strike

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog lauded President Donald Trump for his "bold decision" aft the U.S. president launched palmy strikes connected 3 of Iran’s atomic facilities.

"First of all, I deliberation we each request to commend President Trump for his bold decision. It’s a historical decision, outstanding determination that intelligibly tin displacement the absorption of the Middle East," Herzog said connected CNN’s State of the Union, Sunday.

The United States launched a subject onslaught against Iran’s atomic enrichment facilities astatine Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow precocious Saturday. The onslaught — which progressive aggregate B-2 bombers dropping bunker buster bombs connected Iran’s enrichment installation astatine Fordow and submarines launching Tomahawk missiles astatine the different 2 facilities — was hailed by President Trump arsenic a "spectacular subject success." U.S. and Israeli quality had concluded that Iran was stockpiling uranium astatine implicit 60% enrichment, a level that has nary civilian usage and tin lone beryllium utilized for weaponry. 

Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked President Trump for his strikes connected Iran's atomic facilities.  (AP/Ben Curtis)

HEGSETH, PENTAGON BRASS PRAISE TRUMP'S 'SPECTACULAR' MILITARY SUCCESS IN IRAN NUCLEAR STRIKES

Iran’s atomic programme has vexed American presidents for decades. Former President Barack Obama attempted to forestall the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions with the drafting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), oregon "The Iran Nuclear deal." The woody did not destruct Iran’s enrichment program, but constricted the grade they could enrich uranium nether planetary supervision, successful speech for the unfreezing of funds and sanctions relief. 

The agreement, which contained sunset clauses that would person allowed Iran to erstwhile again prosecute atomic weapon-grade enrichment erstwhile the woody expired, was wide maligned crossed the governmental spectrum. New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer voted against the woody successful the Senate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the woody successful a associated league of Congress. President Trump yet withdrew from the woody successful 2018.

President Trump ordered the strikes aft efforts to onslaught a woody with Iran did not carnivore fruit.  (Carlos Barria/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Former President Joe Biden attempted to revive the JCPOA arsenic president, but his efforts were thwarted aft talks ceased pursuing the Oct. 7 attacks — which killed much Jews successful a azygous time since the Holocaust. In the ensuing war, Israel proceeded to onslaught a dense stroke to Iran’s "Ring of Fire" of violent proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. 

President Trump, upon taking office, gave Iran 60 days to negociate an extremity to its atomic enrichment program. Iran blew past the deadline, however, and connected the 61st time Israel launched a question of strikes against Iran’s atomic facilities and IRGC targets.

The attacks struck Iran's Fordow enrichment site.  (Maxar)

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"He has… eliminated the Iranian atomic program, 1 mode oregon another… which, of course, uplifts a immense veil that was lying down connected the Middle East with an Iranian menace of dominance. What we are seeing is simply a antithetic venue; we conscionable request to look ahead. It won’t beryllium easy, nobody’s shying distant from the risks, but it was a historical and precise important decision," Herzog said.