Netanyahu: ‘Finishing the job means bringing down the terrorist regime in Iran’
Netanyahu is right. The Iranian jihad against Israel and America will not end as long as the Islamic Republic continues to exist. Those who point to Iraq and Afghanistan to warn against regime change have no idea of the history of the regime or the character of the three countries in question. The idea is not to get bogged down in a land war in Iran. No one is advocating that. But there are other ways for the regime to be weakened and ultimately destroyed.
“Iran in Israeli election: Netanyahu all-in on regime change, rivals want more,” by Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International, October 20, 2026:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making regime change in Iran an explicit goal ahead of Israel’s election, while political rivals advocate tough measures against Tehran and criticize his failure to eliminate the Iranian threat.
The debate puts competing promises of security before voters whom analysts describe as exhausted by years of conflict, raising questions about what would constitute victory and how far Israel would go to achieve it.
“We must complete the elimination of the Iranian regime — that is the primary objective,” Netanyahu said Tuesday at Tel Hai University in Kiryat Shmona, near the Lebanese border.
Netanyahu has long welcomed the prospect of the Islamic Republic’s collapse. Now, with Israelis voting on October 27, he is placing the removal of Iran’s leadership at the forefront of his message.
Netanyahu argued that weakening Iran militarily would not guarantee Israel’s security. As long as the Islamic Republic remains in power, he said, it will attempt to rebuild its nuclear capabilities and regional network.
“Finishing the job means bringing down the terrorist regime in Iran,” Netanyahu said, describing Tehran as the head of a “poisonous octopus” whose removal, he argued, would also bring down Hezbollah in Lebanon….
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