Netanyahu says change or fall of Iran’s regime not a goal but could be a result

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the change or fall of the Iranian regime was not a goal but could be a result.

“The matter of changing the regime or the fall of this regime is first and foremost a matter for the Iranian people. There is no substitute for this. And that’s why I didn’t present it as a goal. It could be a result, but it’s not a stated or formal goal that we have,” Netanyahu told Israeli public broadcaster Kan.

Netanyahu said that Israel was “changing the face of the world” in its war with Iran, now in its seventh day.

“I said that we’re changing the face of the Middle East, and now I say we’re changing the face of the world,” he said, adding that Israel had destroyed “more than half” of Iran’s missile launchers.

Netanyahu said that he welcomed “all help” with destroying Iran’s nuclear sites.

Israel is “capable of striking all of Iran’s nuclear facilities” but “all help is welcome,” he said, amid speculation over whether Washington would enter the war alongside Israel.

Netanyahu added that US President Donald Trump “will do what is good for the United States, and I will do what is good for the State of Israel.”