Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, has on Monday denied and called "delirious" the version spread by the far-right propagandist Tucker Carlson, according to which the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, would be pressuring the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to order the launch of an atomic bomb on Iran next November 7.
"Netanyahu is not pressuring Trump. Trump knows exactly what he wants to achieve and how he wants to achieve it. Israel collaborates with the United States. We are going to support the decision that the United States makes," Danon has pointed out in an interview granted to the Al Arabiya channel, flatly rejecting the American communicator's claims.
Carlson maintains that the supposed plan would consist of using the nuclear weapon against underground installations built in the Iranian mountains and also maintains that Netanyahu would need an attack of this kind after failing to obtain a sufficient majority for his coalition in the latest legislative elections in Israel. However, Carlson has not revealed the identity of the source on which he says he is basing himself.
The Israeli representative before the United Nations has referred precisely to the recent Israeli elections, "democratic elections". "You are not going to find them anywhere else in the Middle East", he has defended, claiming the country's political system.
Regarding the military offensive on the Palestinian territories, Danon has emphasized that "we have done everything possible to minimize civilian casualties". "That is why it has taken us so long. Believe me. We could have ended this war in three months, not in three years", he has pointed out, insisting that "we are a nation of morality, a country of morality. There are no atrocities".