Trump-Netanyahu team suited to removing Iran’s regime, Netanyahu adviser tells ‘Post’

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, called for the removal of Iran's regime and said Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were suited to achieving it, in written remarks to The Jerusalem Post ahead of Tuesday's Israeli election.“Removing the genocidal Ayatollah regime in Iran is in the best interests of America, Israel, and civilization,” Falk said. “The Trump-Netanyahu team has shown to be suited to do so.”Falk argued that the decisive question for voters was who would lead Israel during the final two years of Trump's presidency.“Who will best cooperate and coordinate with the President to finish the job in Iran and expand peace in the region?” he asked.Trump renewed his endorsement of Netanyahu on Sunday evening, urging Israelis to back him in the October 27 vote.“Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister; we have to finish the job that we started!”

Trump wrote on Truth Social.Falk contrasted that support with what he said were the preferences of Israel's adversaries.“Trump wants to work with Netanyahu,” he said. “At the same time, Israel's enemies – Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and, of course, Iran - want Netanyahu to lose.”“Israel and the American-Israeli alliance have never been stronger, and Iran and its proxies have never been weaker,” he added.Israel 'very close' to creating regime change conditions in IranIn an October 15 interview with the Post, Falk said Israel was “very close” to creating conditions for regime change, while stressing that Iranians would have to determine their country's future.“Regime change in Iran is up to the Iranian people,” he said in that interview.His written remarks ahead of the election did not specify how the US and Israel should pursue the regime's removal or provide a timetable.

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The article relays Falk's claims that "Trump wants to work with Netanyahu" and that the pair are suited to "finish the job in Iran". It never says that the Post itself reported five days earlier that Trump opposed and stopped Netanyahu's planned renewed strikes on Iran. Same-day reporting also said Trump refused Netanyahu's push for a joint strike before the election. The article also never says that "finish the job" refers to military strikes. Without this a reader believes the two leaders are fully aligned on Iran, when the outlet's own reporting shows Trump blocked Netanyahu's plans.

How we know

The Jerusalem Post wrote earlier“canceled the operation after receiving opposition from US President Donald Trump”Trump opposed Netanyahu's plans for renewed strikes on Iran ahead of US midterms - report (opens in a new tab)
Times of Israel reported“Netanyahu really wanted and tried to convince Trump for a joint attack in Iran before the elections, and Trump did not give a green light”Netanyahu pushed for Iran strike before election but Trump refused, CNN says (opens in a new tab)

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What we found (2)

The Jerusalem Post reports the remarks of Netanyahu's adviser Ophir Falk on removing Iran's government and marks them as his, but adopts "regime" in its own narration. It does not mention its own report days earlier that Trump opposed Netanyahu's planned strikes on Iran, a minor gap in context.

Uses a loaded word
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“called for the removal of Iran's regime”
Why this matters
The Post uses "Iran's regime" in its own narration, outside Falk's quoted words.
The impression it gives
A reader takes "regime" as the neutral term for Iran's government, not as the speaker's charged word.
The context
"Regime" is Falk's term, as in his quoted "genocidal Ayatollah regime". In the outlet's voice the neutral term is Iran's government.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“Removing the genocidal Ayatollah regime in Iran”
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“pursue the regime's removal”
Why this matters
In its closing sentence the Post again uses "the regime's removal" in its own voice to describe the aim.
The impression it gives
The reader ends the article with the outlet itself treating the removal of "the regime" as a plain description of a goal.
The context
This is the adviser's goal in his own vocabulary. The Post could describe the removal of Iran's government without adopting his label.
How we know
- Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “government”.
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Drops what it reported before
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What is missing
The article relays Falk's claims that "Trump wants to work with Netanyahu" and that the pair are suited to "finish the job in Iran". It never says that the Post itself reported five days earlier that Trump opposed and stopped Netanyahu's planned renewed strikes on Iran. Same-day reporting also said Trump refused Netanyahu's push for a joint strike before the election. The article also never says that "finish the job" refers to military strikes. Without this a reader believes the two leaders are fully aligned on Iran, when the outlet's own reporting shows Trump blocked Netanyahu's plans.
How we know
- The Jerusalem Post wrote earlier“canceled the operation after receiving opposition from US President Donald Trump”Trump opposed Netanyahu's plans for renewed strikes on Iran ahead of US midterms - report (opens in a new tab)
- Times of Israel reported“Netanyahu really wanted and tried to convince Trump for a joint attack in Iran before the elections, and Trump did not give a green light”Netanyahu pushed for Iran strike before election but Trump refused, CNN says (opens in a new tab)
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What it gets right

“His written remarks ahead of the election did not specify how the US and Israel should pursue the regime's removal or provide a timetable.”
The Post states plainly that the adviser gave no plan or timetable, so the call is not presented as more concrete than it is.
“in written remarks to The Jerusalem Post ahead of Tuesday's Israeli election”
The Post attributes the call clearly and places it in the election campaign, so the reader knows whose claim it is and when it was made.

How other outlets reported it

Times of IsraelNetanyahu pushed for Iran strike before election but Trump refused, CNN says (opens in a new tab)

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Trump-Netanyahu team suited to removing Iran’s regime, Netanyahu adviser tells ‘Post’

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