21/03/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu denied that Israel dragged Donald Trump into war with Iran while claiming the US was not involved in an attack on the world's largest natural gas field.
Netanyahu spoke to the press Thursday after former Trump counter-intelligence official Joe Kent blamed Israel for convincing Trump to join the ongoing conflict.
The Israeli prime minister made a point to speak about the recent accusations, calling them 'fake news.'
'Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do? Come on. President Trump always makes his decisions based on what is good for America and what is good for future generations,' he said.
'In this case, those interests are absolutely clear and so is the clarity of our achievements. Together in close coordination with President Trump, close coordination between America and Israel, our militaries, our intelligence services, we're achieving goals in lightning speed.'
Kent, who resigned after saying he could no longer support the war effort, blamed Israel in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
'The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events, meaning the Iranians would retaliate,' he said.
He added that Tel Aviv 'felt emboldened and that no matter what they did, no matter what situation they put us in, that they could go ahead and take this action and we would just have to react.'
