Netanyahu fights for political survival after US deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just given a news conference, trying to present the US-Israeli war on Iran as a success, as he fights for political survival after Washington reached a deal with Tehran. Facing anger inside Israel, including from members of his own government, Netanyahu insisted that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remained his “life’s mission”. Netanyahu said Iran had posed an “immediate danger” and said Israel had removed the threat “together with our American friends”.