# Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran alone? *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/3b0fa74d *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/3b0fa74d.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: Al Jazeera · published 2026-08-06 · read 2026-09-11 Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/is-israels-netanyahu-preparing-to-fight-iran-alone *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (13) - [Pickaxe Mountain facility](https://truthscore.com/entity/00883034) - [Lebanon](https://truthscore.com/entity/0fff291e) - [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68) - [Ahron Bregman](https://truthscore.com/entity/48fdb815) - [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://truthscore.com/entity/692c1f16) - [Aaron David Miller](https://truthscore.com/entity/74b6b69c) - [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei](https://truthscore.com/entity/c556df69) - [Kobi Michael](https://truthscore.com/entity/c8c2227f) - [Ahmad Vahidi](https://truthscore.com/entity/cc30f705) - [Iran](https://truthscore.com/entity/cdc97f9c) - [Strait of Hormuz](https://truthscore.com/entity/ce739370) - [United States](https://truthscore.com/entity/f6d3f5b6) - [Hamas](https://truthscore.com/entity/fdd1871d) ## What it added - [Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran](https://truthscore.com/claim/00f3aef5) > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – facing a crucial election later this year – has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran - [Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz](https://truthscore.com/claim/01ef070e) > even as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz - [Iran intends to continue developing a nuclear weapon](https://truthscore.com/claim/68ab7caa) > “We heard today the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ahmad Vahidi, declare that Iran intends to continue developing a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu claimed in an assertion - [No official statement from Ahmad Vahidi on the matter has been released by the Iranian government or official media](https://truthscore.com/claim/18ff3aaf) > even though no official statement from Vahidi on the matter has been released by the Iranian government or official media - [Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon](https://truthscore.com/claim/683b943c) > “As Israel’s prime minister, I am determined to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu told attendees at a state ceremony in West Jerusalem - [The United States is Israel’s greatest ally](https://truthscore.com/claim/cd39077b) > Describing the United States as “Israel’s greatest ally”, Netanyahu nevertheless added - [Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to do whatever is necessary to guarantee Israel’s security](https://truthscore.com/claim/539c6414) > Netanyahu nevertheless added that he was prepared to do “whatever is necessary” to guarantee Israel’s security - [Israel has officially struck Iran only once since April’s initial ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect](https://truthscore.com/claim/5496ca5d) > Israel has officially struck Iran only once since April’s initial ceasefire between the US and Iran took effect - [The ceasefire later broke down and the two sides resumed hostilities in the US‑Israel war on Iran](https://truthscore.com/claim/90cc85dd) > even after it later broke down and the two sides resumed hostilities in the US‑Israel war on Iran - [Observers including Donald Trump believe that Benjamin Netanyahu wants to keep the United States engaged in the fight against Iran](https://truthscore.com/claim/0b5cb98e) > observers – including US President Donald Trump – believe that Netanyahu wants to keep the US engaged in the fight against Iran - [The fight against Iran began in late February with a joint United States‑Israeli attack that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei](https://truthscore.com/claim/628cc2cc) > the fight against Iran, which began in late February with a joint US‑Israeli attack that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - [Reports say Benjamin Netanyahu planned to bring fresh intelligence to Washington alleging that Iran was stockpiling uranium at Pickaxe Mountain facility near…](https://truthscore.com/claim/f4ef8675) > Addressing reports that Netanyahu planned to bring fresh intelligence to Washington alleging that Iran was stockpiling uranium at its Pickaxe Mountain facility near Natanz in central Iran - [Donald Trump said he does not need Benjamin Netanyahu to tell him that Iran is stockpiling uranium because Netanyahu wants him to stay involved](https://truthscore.com/claim/32853a14) > Trump told reporters: “I don’t need Bibi to tell me that. Bibi is telling me that because he wants me to stay involved.” - [Donald Trump asked Benjamin Netanyahu why he has to announce intelligence to the world](https://truthscore.com/claim/ffed22a2) > He then sharpened his criticism of the Israeli prime minister, adding: “Why don’t you just tell it to me? Why do you have to announce it to the world?” - [Many analysts believe the war on Iran has been unsuccessful](https://truthscore.com/claim/b7d626e4) > many analysts believe that the war has been unsuccessful - [Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has paralysed much of the world’s economy](https://truthscore.com/claim/2af58cf7) > Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – formerly a free waterway – has paralysed much of the world’s economy - [Global oil prices have increased and shortages in liquified gas, fertiliser exports, sulphur supplies and petrochemical feedstocks threaten to ripple through…](https://truthscore.com/claim/e6ab6ee8) > Global oil prices have increased, with shortages in the supplies of liquified gas, fertiliser exports, sulphur supplies, and petrochemical feedstocks all threatening to ripple through international supply lines - [Ahron Bregman said the war against Iran is a strategic catastrophe and that none of the original aims has been achieved](https://truthscore.com/claim/cf1dc51b) > “The war against Iran is a strategic catastrophe,” said Ahron Bregman - [Ahron Bregman said Donald Trump is desperate for an exit at any price and only cares about opening the Strait of Hormuz](https://truthscore.com/claim/5fc1be53) > Trump is desperate for an exit. Almost at any price. He only cares about opening the [strait]. - [Netanyahu has consistently pursued a hawkish line on Iran](https://truthscore.com/claim/a9ec0696) > Netanyahu has consistently pursued a hawkish line on Iran - [Netanyahu has claimed that Iran is on the brink of crossing the threshold to nuclear weapons capability](https://truthscore.com/claim/739bee02) > Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed is on the brink of crossing the threshold to nuclear weapons capability - [Netanyahu was among the loudest voices that pushed for Donald Trump to withdraw in 2018 from the nuclear deal agreed to by former President Barack Obama](https://truthscore.com/claim/805ccecb) > He is also thought to have been among the loudest voices that pushed for Trump to withdraw in 2018 from a nuclear deal agreed to by previous US President Barack Obama - [Kobi Michael said Iran remains close to achieving nuclear capacity and is able to continue producing ballistic missiles and supplying proxy forces](https://truthscore.com/claim/38a1bbe1) > Iran remains close to achieving nuclear capacity and has shown it’s able to continue producing ballistic missiles and supplying its proxy forces in the region - [Kobi Michael said the war on Iran was a fiasco from Israel’s perspective, with both the United States and Iran insisting they had won](https://truthscore.com/claim/fa9fb70a) > the war on Iran was currently a fiasco from Israel’s perspective, Michael added, with both the US and Iran insisting that they had won - [Kobi Michael framed the current negotiations as useless and unlikely to produce lasting security in the region](https://truthscore.com/claim/bad65691) > Michael, however, framed the current negotiations as “useless”, and unlikely to produce lasting security in the region - [Israel was prepared to fight alone if necessary](https://truthscore.com/claim/12e5e0dd) > Israel, Michael said, was prepared to fight alone if necessary - [Israel can only have one strategy: to strike directly at the head of the octopus that threatens global civilisation and to do that alone if necessary](https://truthscore.com/claim/61672545) > “Israel can only have one strategy,” Michael said, “to strike directly at the head of the octopus that threatens global civilisation and to do that alone, if necessary.” - [Some in Israel were confident Israel could strike unilaterally at Iran, while others expressed caution that Netanyahu’s talk might be little more than rhetoric…](https://truthscore.com/claim/59d66d93) > while some in Israel were confident of the country’s ability to strike unilaterally at Iran, others expressed caution, suggesting that Netanyahu’s talk ... might simply be little more than rhetoric ahead of an election that could conceivably jeopardise both his legacy and, as a result of his long-running corruption trial, his personal freedom - [Relations between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump appear frostier than normal](https://truthscore.com/claim/e702f8bb) > relations between Netanyahu and Trump appear to be frostier than normal - [There have been widespread reports of tensions over Israeli strikes in Lebanon that have repeatedly threatened to derail United States negotiations with Iran](https://truthscore.com/claim/0cff5c64) > there have also been widespread reports of tensions over Israeli strikes in Lebanon that have repeatedly threatened to derail US negotiations with Iran - [Those attacks have stopped far short of the unilateral strikes on Iran hinted at by Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday](https://truthscore.com/claim/021fd2c4) > Those attacks, however, have stopped far short of the unilateral strikes on Iran hinted at by Netanyahu on Wednesday - [Aaron David Miller said Israel launching unilateral action against Iran is inconceivable](https://truthscore.com/claim/ce73593d) > “Israel launching unilateral action against Iran is inconceivable,” said Aaron David Miller - [Aaron David Miller said something like that might be possible if Iran or Hezbollah struck Israel directly, but talk of Israel striking Iran now is impossible](https://truthscore.com/claim/4914bc3b) > “Something like that might be possible if Iran or Hezbollah struck Israel directly, but talk of Israel striking Iran now, when US negotiations are so close to a conclusion, is impossible.” - [Aaron David Miller said Trump’s leaked criticism of Netanyahu, his direct negotiations with Hamas, his lifting of sanctions on Syria despite Israel’s…](https://truthscore.com/claim/4c973a3a) > “Trump’s leaked, expletive-laden criticism of Netanyahu; his direct negotiations with Hamas over Gaza; his lifting of sanctions on Syria despite Israel’s objections; and his negotiations with Iran without Israel’s involvement all point to a changing relationship,” Miller said - [Aaron David Miller said what the changing relationship might mean for future United States military assistance to Israel remains to be seen](https://truthscore.com/claim/3e965f78) > “What that might mean for future US military assistance to Israel – including defence cooperation, intelligence sharing, research and development, and diplomatic support in international forums – remains to be seen.” - [Aaron David Miller said Benjamin Netanyahu had a major role in how the war started and will not have a role in how it shifts to its next phase](https://truthscore.com/claim/527da123) > “Netanyahu had a hell of a role in how this war started. He’s not going to have a role in how it shifts to its next phase.” ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.04.