Falk says Netanyahu is Trump's pick to finish job in Iran

Ophir Falk, the foreign policy adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, argued this week that the alliance between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump is the optimal vehicle for removing Iran's current government. In written remarks provided to The Jerusalem Post ahead of Israel's general election on Tuesday, Falk positioned the upcoming vote as a decision on which leader can most effectively coordinate with Washington to achieve that strategic goal.

Falk stated that eliminating what he termed the "genocidal Ayatollah regime" serves the interests of the United States, Israel, and global civilization. He contended that the existing partnership between the two leaders has demonstrated the necessary capability to execute this objective. For Falk, the central issue for the approximately 6.9 million eligible Israeli voters is not just domestic policy, but the selection of the prime minister who will best manage the final two years of the Trump administration.

The President of the United States reinforced this alignment on Sunday evening. In a post on Truth Social, Trump renewed his endorsement of Netanyahu, urging Israeli citizens to cast their ballots for the incumbent. "Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister; we have to finish the job that we started!" Trump wrote, linking the electoral outcome directly to the completion of the US-Israeli strategic effort in the region.

Falk contrasted this high-level diplomatic support with the interests of Israel's regional adversaries. He claimed that groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran itself prefer a Netanyahu defeat. "Trump wants to work with Netanyahu," Falk wrote. "At the same time, Israel's enemies, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and, of course, Iran, want Netanyahu to lose." He further asserted that the current strategic balance favors the alliance, noting that Israel and its partnership with the United States are stronger than ever while Iran and its proxy networks are weaker.

This public push follows Falk's comments in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on October 15. During that conversation, he described Israel as being "very close" to establishing the conditions necessary for a regime change in Iran. However, he clarified that the final act of government removal would rest with the Iranian populace. "Regime change in Iran is up to the Iranian people," he said at the time.

The written remarks released ahead of the election did not specify the tactical methods the United States and Israel would employ to remove Iran's leadership. The document also omitted any specific timeline for achieving this political shift, leaving the operational details of the proposed strategy undefined.