My feeling is that Netanyahu is always trying to balance between Russia and Ukraine, even when it is clear that Russia is helping Iran. He is the prime minister, and he has to decide.

We have things that Israel needs, and Israel has things that we need. He knows this well; we have already told Israel several times what we need.

We have a great shortage of air defense, but we also have capabilities that Israel does not have, and we are ready for such a dialogue.

Some [regional] leaders think the war will continue, and some said they want to do everything to end it.

My advice, when asked for my opinion, was to stop the war as soon as possible and return to negotiations—even if not directly with Iran—and find a diplomatic solution. But the decision is up to the parties.

We know that Russia provided the Iranians with satellite images of American and British bases as well as critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and the Emirates.

I told the leaders of those countries that Russia had been transferring intelligence to Iran on an ongoing basis.

In my opinion, Russia directly supports Iran 100%. It's the same model of information sharing as in Ukraine.

I see only benefits for Russia from continuing the war with Iran.

The Americans want to end the war in Ukraine, but my concern is that they see only one way to do it.

Why should we pay the price? We are not the aggressor.

The Americans see no other way to stop Putin than the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from our territories. My concern is that no one really understands the danger this poses to our security.

Iran respects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and considers it a brotherly nation.

Our operations are aimed at enemy aggressors who have no respect for Arabs or Iranians, nor can provide any security. Just look at what we did to their aerial command.

High time to eject U.S. forces.

If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked, but them denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement.

It’s disappointing to see that, in a time of need for the United States, we have countries like Spain—a NATO member that we are pledged to defend—denying us the use of their airspace and bragging about it.

These blackouts that are occurring that I see people reporting have nothing to do with us.

They were having blackouts last year. They're having blackouts because they have equipment from the 1950s in their grid that they've never maintained and never upgraded because they're incompetent — that's why they're having blackouts.

Iran can never, the Iranian regime can never have nuclear weapons, and they need to stop sponsoring terrorism, and they need to stop building weapons that can threaten their neighbors.

If we decided tomorrow that we were going to remove our troops from Europe, that would be the end of NATO.

U.S. forces continue to eliminate the Iranian regime's ability to project power in meaningful ways outside of Iran's borders.

What happened was that the Iranians have been firing missiles at the old city of Jerusalem, where you have the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest places for Islam; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest places for Christianity; and the Western Wall, which is the holiest place for Judaism—and the fragments nearly hit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

So as a result, the Israeli security authorities said, okay, let's take out the worshippers right now because they'd be hurt. There's no protection there. And that was a general instruction that applied to the Jewish places, to the Muslim places, and to the Christian places.

And that was the reason that a police officer on duty said, "Oh, okay, I'm applying it also to the Patriarch." Now, look, I think that was—I can understand the concern for his safety, and that was the only concern.

There was no malice here, no bad intention, unlike the press reports.

But nevertheless, I said, despite this concern, I gave an instruction immediately. He should be free, the Patriarch, to come with his party and perform services as he wishes. There's a risk there, and we're trying to minimize it.

Our policy has been absolutely pro-Christian — the complete opposite of the slander that is being foisted at us.

Look at the Middle East, and you see in every country, the Christians are shrinking. Their numbers are shrinking, they're oppressed, they're in very bad shape. Many of them leave.

Israel is the only place where the Christian population has grown.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East, and one of the few countries in the world that stands up for Christians.

We protect them, because that's the way we should treat all human beings, but especially our Christian friends.