Israel’s UN envoy denies Netanyahu is pressing Trump to strike Iran, dismisses nuclear-attack report as “delusional”

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, denied that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressuring U.S. President Donald Trump to resume strikes on Iran, saying Israel would support whatever decision Washington made.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu is not pressing President Trump,” Danon told Al Arabiya English on Monday. “President Trump knows exactly what he wants to achieve and how he wants to achieve it.”

“Israel will collaborate with the United States. We will support the decision of the United States,” he said.

Danon’s remarks contradicted reporting by Axios and AP, which cited Israeli and U.S. officials as saying Netanyahu had urged Trump to launch another round of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections. Trump has not announced a decision.

Danon also rejected a claim by U.S. commentator Tucker Carlson that Washington could be preparing a nuclear strike against Iran, calling the idea “delusional.”

“No one is even discussing it in the U.S., nor in Israel,” he said.

In the same interview, Danon defended Israel’s conduct during the Gaza war, saying Israeli forces had done everything possible to minimize civilian casualties and arguing that the fighting could have ended far sooner had Israel used greater force.

“We are a moral nation, a moral country,” he said. “There are no atrocities.”

Danon also pointed to Israel’s recent election as evidence of its democratic system, saying: “We had elections, democratic elections. You will not find it anywhere in the Middle East.”