Israel's Herzog Thanks Trump For 'Historic' Strikes That Hit Iranian Nuclear Sites 'Very Hard'

Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed U.S. strikes on Iran during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union."

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00:00First of all, I think we all need to commend President Trump for his bold decision.

00:06It's a historic decision, outstanding decision that clearly can shift the direction of the

00:13Middle East to a much better future.

00:17He has eliminated, together with the Israeli, in coordination with Israel, and I also commend

00:22Prime Minister Netanyahu and all the security forces and defense forces who worked on it,

00:28eliminated the Iranian nuclear program one way or another, meaning remove it as an imminent

00:34threat, which of course uplifts a huge veil that was lying down on the Middle East with

00:41an Iranian threat of dominance.

00:44And what we are seeing is a different venue.

00:46We just need to look ahead.

00:48It won't be easy, nobody is shying away from the risks, but it was a historic and very important

00:55decision and I thank him for that.

00:58I can't say it's been eliminated.

01:06I can say it's been hit very hard both by the Israeli attacks and absolutely by the American

01:13attack overnight.

01:14This is a very important development.

01:16It has major repercussions.

01:18Look, Iran has spent billions and billions, some people say $100 billion over decades to

01:24build this monstrosity, which sole aim was to destroy Israel and then all other infidels

01:31in the world.

01:32We just, you know, our viewers just need to understand what type of regime we are dealing

01:36with.

01:37This regime has bred hate to its children, tens of millions of people throughout the generation

01:45on one thing only.

01:46America is the big Satan, Israel is the small Satan, meaning the values of America, the values

01:52of the free world, the values of Europe, the values of other beliefs should be annihilated

01:59fully.

01:59That's what jihadist regimes are all about.

02:03And this is a decision of real leadership to remove such a threat and enable the world

02:08to breathe.

02:09And that's why the world for years decided that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons.

02:37So just to explain to your viewers, I'm not the head of the executive branch, I'm the head

02:42of state of Israel.

02:44It's somewhat of the European model of constitutional structure.

02:48Therefore, all the other details are dealt with through the Israeli security cabinet headed

02:55by Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.

02:58In this respect, you know, we're just a few hours after the attack.

03:03She is studying the results of the attack, the assessment of the battle results assessment.

03:10We're just a few hours after we had the full erased bounty, the point that there is going

03:29to be first of the police principle.