The Israeli official rejects Trump’s appeal to the Iran agreement, requests a change of regime

Ohad Tal, a member of the Israeli Parliament, told Fox News Digital that concluding an agreement with Iran should not be the objective without overthrowing its “evil and jihadist” regime “, while President Donald Trump called on the two sides to come to the negotiating table on Sunday.

Tal, who is seated in the Foreign and Defense Knesset Committees, spoke to Fox News Digital outside Jerusalem on Sunday while Israel and Iran exchanged strikes for a third day.

“We are now embarking on a war with Iran, a war which, I believe, is historic, because we are now, finally, we hope, we will free, not only ourselves, not only the Iranian people, but the whole world of the threat of the evil Iranian regime,” he said.

Earlier on Sunday, Trump said on Truth Social that “Iran and Israel should conclude an agreement, and will conclude an agreement”, noting how its administration has managed to negotiate other conflict resolutions, including between India and Pakistan “, using trade with the United States to take reason, cohesion and mental health in discussions with two excellent leaders who were able to take quickly!

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Tal, however, has distinguished that the objective of Ayatollah and the Muslim Brotherhood is the “destruction of Israel” and “destruction of America”.

“I think our goal should be to remove the Iranian regime, because if you really want to end Iran’s ambitions to acquire a nuclear weapon, the only way to do so is to withdraw this diet,” said Tal. “This regime has only one goal, not to destroy Israel … They want to shoot America.”

He said more transactions would allow Iran to rearore and redevelop their nuclear program.

“I think the only idea of ​​negotiating agreements with a jihadist terrorist support regime is scandalous,” he continued. “I mean, the only objective we should have, we should all have, is to suppress this evil regime. Again, if we really want to build a better future of stability and prosperity for everyone in the region, in the world, that should be the goal.”

The Israeli air defenses seen in the northern sky of Israel during an Iranian missile attack. June 16, 2025. (Photos of Anthony Hershko / TPS-Il)

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Tal told Fox News Digital that the West was to face the reality that “we must eliminate this evil and jihadist regime” not only to save the region, but “the whole world of this threat”.

Since last Thursday, when the Israeli defense forces have launched a large-scale pre-emptive strike against Iran, targeting nuclear installations, key infrastructure and leadership, Tal said that he had received calls from Muslim and Arab leaders through the Middle East who said to him: “You don’t only save yourself.”

“It is reality. Iran and Ayatollah are not only a threat to Israel, they are a threat to the whole world, and therefore I believe that by the fact that Israel does not look in the other direction,” said Tal. “We will not turn our heads in the sand. We are in front of this threat, and we retaliate. I think we are doing a great favor in the world.”

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Tal said that Iran has undergone “an incredible amount of damage” and that the FDI “essentially has total control over Iranian airspace”. Israeli forces, according to him, target military bases, nuclear installations and civil servants, while Iran targets civilian populations. Some Iranian missiles have surpassed Israeli air defense systems.

“It is a culture that glorifies death, does not care about civilian victims, and we are a culture that sanctifies life,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Iranian chief of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Klaudia Ridecka / Nurphoto via Getty Images | Iranian Leader Press Office / Anadolu via Getty Images | Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images |)

Tal said he had received the support of US officials, including members of the Congress.

He believes that Israel’s actions are in accordance with Trump’s “America First” policy, in the sense that the current operation will prevent the United States from being trained in a broader conflict.

“We obtain the support of the Trump administration 100%,” said Tal. “Trump supports America First Policy. We also support America’s first policy because the fight against this evil regime will help prevent a much greater war.”

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“If the Iranians would have succeeded in obtaining their desire and acquiring a weapon, that would not have been a threat to America,” he continued. “We do not ask (for) American boots on the ground, we do not ask America to fight for us. We are just asking them to support us by removing the threat from Iran.”

Peter DOOCY of Fox News contributed to this report.