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Trump-Netanyahu team suited to removing Iran’s regime, Netanyahu adviser tells ‘Post’

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Netanyahu’s foreign policy adviser urged voters to weigh the partnership with Trump, arguing that it could help remove Iran’s leadership and expand regional peace.

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, called for the removal of Iran’s regime and said Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were suited to achieving it, in written remarks to The Jerusalem Post ahead of Tuesday’s Israeli election.

“Removing the genocidal Ayatollah regime in Iran is in the best interests of America, Israel, and civilization,” Falk said. “The Trump-Netanyahu team has shown to be suited to do so.”

Falk argued that the decisive question for voters was who would lead Israel during the final two years of Trump’s presidency.

“Who will best cooperate and coordinate with the President to finish the job in Iran and expand peace in the region?” he asked.

Trump renewed his endorsement of Netanyahu on Sunday evening, urging Israelis to back him in the October 27 vote.

An election campaign poster featuring Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside US President Donald Trump is displayed on the back of a bus in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 25, 2026.
An election campaign poster featuring Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside US President Donald Trump is displayed on the back of a bus in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 25, 2026. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

“Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister; we have to finish the job that we started!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Falk contrasted that support with what he said were the preferences of Israel’s adversaries.

“Trump wants to work with Netanyahu,” he said. “At the same time, Israel’s enemies – Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and, of course, Iran - want Netanyahu to lose.”

“Israel and the American-Israeli alliance have never been stronger, and Iran and its proxies have never been weaker,” he added.

Israel 'very close' to creating regime change conditions in Iran

In an October 15 interview with the Post, Falk said Israel was “very close” to creating conditions for regime change, while stressing that Iranians would have to determine their country’s future.

“Regime change in Iran is up to the Iranian people,” he said in that interview.

His written remarks ahead of the election did not specify how the US and Israel should pursue the regime’s removal or provide a timetable.

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