‘Sometimes Trump and I don’t see eye to eye’: Netanyahu admits differences with US president over Iran deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his differences with US President Donald Trump, saying there are times when the two cannot “see eye to eye”. The public fallout between the two countries was evident during the Iran deal, especially as the U.S. president attempted to reach a peace deal with Tehran and Israel’s continued aggression against Lebanon blocked such an agreement.The Times of Israel quoted Netanyahu as saying: “Many times we agree, but there are also situations where we don’t. I am responsible for Israel’s security interests. I stand up for them.”He also said U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran protected Iran from what he called the threat of “nuclear annihilation” of the Islamic Republic.“Above all, we save the state of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation,” Netanyahu said.“What does this mean? It means that millions of Israeli citizens – you’re listening to me now – all of you are going to be in terrible danger of mass death… We’ve been avoiding this danger of the annihilation of the Israeli population for years,” he added.Netanyahu has vowed that Iran will never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon, regardless of the terms of any deal.“With or without a deal, Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” he said.“I made no mistake at all… We said we were going to eliminate an existential threat that loomed over us: first the nuclear threat – and we did that, and secondly the missile threat – and we did that,” he added.Netanyahu spoke publicly for the first time since the United States and Iran announced a deal earlier this week to end their war in the Middle East.