US: Clinton says Netanyahu is ‘obsessed’ with Iran, Saudi normalization

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “persistent” and “obsessed” with striking Iran and normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia during her tenure, Anadolu reports. Speaking in an interview with New Yorker Editor David Remnick at an event in New York City, Clinton discussed Netanyahu’s approach while she served as secretary of state. Clinton said Netanyahu was relentlessly insistent on attacking Iran. “He would say, ‘You have to support us in attacking Iran.’ This was during the period from 2009 to 2012,” Clinton said. READ: Trump says Israel’s Netanyahu must be ‘more responsible’ on Lebanon She said the issue of attacking Iran was a recurring topic and recalled a lengthy phone conversation with Netanyahu […]