Netanyahu:

I went to see Trump right after the election, and I came there with seven big slides.

Slide one, slide two, slide three, slide four — here's what we're going to do.

Not "are you allowing us or not allowing us" — here's what we're going to do. I told him. And we get to the last slide, and I say: here's what I'm proposing to you.

You have B-2s — these huge bombers. There's a site called Fordow. If we need to, we'll act against it ourselves too. But it's much more effective if you come and simply drop your heavy bombs there.

He listened, and in the end he joined. And I was very glad.

Host: Messi is the greatest player of all time.

Netanyahu: I have to say, with Pelé. But in our time, in recent decades — Messi.

Host: Is Mojtaba Khamenei alive?

Netanyahu: I think he's alive.

Q: Lindsey Graham — was he eliminated, or natural death?

Netanyahu: I don't know. The American claim is that they checked it and it was a natural death.

Israel says Mossad and international partners foiled an alleged Iranian Intelligence Ministry plot to infiltrate a foreign group into Israel to target senior Israeli officials.

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu:

The elimination of Nasrallah, there was an argument.

They said we needed to tell America in advance.

I said absolutely not.

Netanyahu:

I plan to be here until I'm 120.

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov said he will only accept the defense minister post.

He argued it is the only role where he can meaningfully influence the war, continue military reforms, fight procurement corruption, and help bring Ukraine closer to victory.

Source: NV

Netanyahu:

They did genetic studies on different Jewish communities — Ashkenazim, Yemenites, North Africans, and even Ethiopians — and they discovered something amazing.

What they discovered is that everyone, contrary to claims that we have no connection to the original Jews who were here, has a gene that brings us straight back to the Land of Israel.

Meaning all of us, in the different communities, we have this Jewish gene.

Trump on Iran:

I am considering a massive attack—larger than anything that has happened before.

I am close to making a decision.

Source: N12

White House:

Cuba is about to be a failed state because of the communist policies of the past several decades.

Reporter: Why does Saudi Arabia get a civilian nuclear deal but Iran doesn't get a civilian nuclear deal?

White House: Our deal with Saudi Arabia puts America first.

Trump to Axios:

Relations with Bibi are very good.

I would meet with him if he is here.

Trump on Iran:

They haven't received enough pain yet.

Source: Axios

Trump said Israel "would join in two minutes if I ask them to," but added, "we don't need anybody" to launch a new operation against Iran.

He also warned there would be "consequences" if Israel joined, suggesting Iran could retaliate against Israel.

Source: Axios

White House:

The nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia is contingent on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords.

We will hopefully see Saudis join the Abraham Accords very soon.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

The delusional President of the United States has gone from the "Madman Game" to the "Desperate Man Game" with his deadly mistakes.

The attack on pilgrims in Shalamcheh and threats of infrastructure attacks are nothing but desperation and helplessness.

Iran's response to infrastructure attacks will be escalating and severe.

Zelensky:

Putin is preparing new strikes against Ukraine, preparing, in our view, additional mobilization in Russia, preparing the expansion of war.

Zelensky:

We must remember that Americans are focused on Iran. Things in Iran are not as good as everyone would like.

This is a problem for us regarding anti-ballistic capabilities.

Zelensky:

There are people around Putin who want to end the war, who see economic collapse, logistical collapse and so on, but there are military people, as they say, who want war expansion, increased mobilization.

They want to beat us down and they want the continuation of this war.

That's why we need to prepare for the plan to get through winter.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge A. Colby:

If you're a country like Poland or South Korea or something like that, and you face what you regard as a fairly serious threat, if you embark on let's take a middle powers defense industry initiative and it doesn't pan out or it results in something far inferior, you will pay the cost.

The middle power strategy is based on... It's based on I think, as we said, a faulty understanding of international relations, which is that power is in a certain bracket, will naturally have reason to align and work together.

In that context, we actually are encouraging middle powers not only to work with us, but also to work with each other.

Source: NYT