By Wednesday morning, July 2 -- Iran was on the verge of building a nuclear weapon, and only he understood what that meant. On Tuesday night, in an interview with the right-wing Channel 14 television network, he went further. He said Iran had already obtained atomic bombs - and that he had attacked the country twice to prevent a nuclear annihilation of Israel.

"That's a lie."

The exchange opens a front in Israeli domestic politics that could prove more consequential than anything in the Doha talks that concluded Wednesday. Netanyahu's claim is not a misstatement or a rhetorical flourish. If true, it transforms the narrative of the 2026 war into something remarkable: Israel, backed by the United States, launched a military campaign again...