ALBAWABA—In a message delivered in Persian on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a direct appeal to the people of Iran. He told them to rise up against Iran's government and take what he called a historic chance to change the future of their country.
This is the second time since the start of the joint Israeli-U.S. military action against Iran that Netanyahu has asked Iranians to question their government. His first call to action came in a speech he gave on Saturday, after the strikes began.
Netanyahu said in a video message that was translated into Persian that Israel would keep going after what he called "thousands of sites belonging to the terrorist regime" over the next few days. His argument was that these actions would make it possible for the Iranian people to break free from what he called oppressive rule.
Referring to what U.S. President Donald Trump said at the start of the military operation, Netanyahu told the Iranian people that this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. He told people, "This is a once-in-a-generation chance. Don't let it pass."
Besides that, he told Iranians to hold large protests and told them to join the streets "by the millions" to change the government. Netanyahu said that it was time for Iran's different groups, such as Persians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Ahvazis, and Baloch, to come together and work toward what he called "securing a better future."
Netanyahu ended by saying that Iran finally got the help they had been waiting for, calling the present conflict a turning point in the country's history.
These comments come at a time when tensions in the region are rising and military drills are still going on between Israel, the US, and Iran.
