Netanyahu dismisses 'fake talks' with Iran as Trump pushes for peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dismissed nuclear negotiations with Iran, calling the talks "fake" and insisting they would merely be an effort to buy time to develop a nuclear weapon.

"They want to continue to have these fake talks in which they lie, they cheat, they string the U.S. along. And, you know, we have very solid Intel on that," he told ABC News. "They want to keep on building their nuclear weapons and building their mass ballistic missile arsenal, which they're firing at our people. They want to continue to create the two existential threats against Israel while they're talking. That's not going to happen."

Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran last week ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with American envoys. Fighting is ongoing and Iran has managed to visibly land hits on sites in Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel. President Donald Trump has insisted the United States was not involved.

Trump himself has urged Iran to make peace, though Tehran has insisted it will not do so while directly under attack.