{"id":2585468,"date":"2026-03-30T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-iran-war-beyond-the-halfway-point\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:05:27","slug":"netanyahu-says-iran-war-beyond-the-halfway-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-iran-war-beyond-the-halfway-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu says Iran war &#8216;beyond the halfway point&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-says-iran-war-beyond-the-halfway-point%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Benjamin Netanyahu told Newsmax that the war with Iran is \u201cbeyond the halfway point\u201d and urged Donald Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ignore anti-war polls<\/a> and push the conflict toward its intended objectives. He framed the confrontation as an existential struggle for Western civilization, saying the effort has degraded Iran\u2019s regime by hitting the IRGC, killing its leaders, and impairing its arms and nuclear programs, though he avoided pledging a fixed timetable. He emphasized that genuine leadership means acting beyond popularity and polls, even as a CBS News-YouGov poll indicated about 60% of Americans oppose the war. The article notes that while Netanyahu has pursued maximalist aims against iran, Trump appears more open to potential deals, suggesting ongoing debate over the best path forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Netanyahu says Iran war &lsquo;beyond the halfway point,&rsquo; tells Trump to ignore anti-war polls<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2547398\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said Monday that the war with Iran was &ldquo;beyond the halfway point&rdquo; and urged President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-they-nuke-the-filibuster-democrats-will-ram-through-all-this\/\" title=\"If They Nuke The Filibuster, Democrats Will Ram Through All This\">ignore polling<\/a> and continue the war to its completion.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Newsmax, Netanyahu portrayed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">war with Iran<\/a> as an existential struggle that concerned all of Western civilization. When asked about a time frame for the war, he said he didn&rsquo;t want to set a schedule but that it was more than halfway toward its objectives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4509362\/houthis-entry-iran-war-oil-red-sea-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Houthis&#8217; entry into Iran war could have significant reverberations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509457\/russia-aid-iran-expanding-middle-east-conflict-europe-warns\/\">Russian aid to Iran expanding Middle East conflict, Europe warns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509216\/taiwan-opposition-leader-meet-xi-jinping-trump-summit\/\">Taiwanese opposition leader agrees to meet Xi Jinping ahead of Trump summit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t put a schedule on&nbsp;it. I think we&rsquo;ve achieved a lot&nbsp;of things &mdash; a lot of things,&rdquo; he said, going on to lay out the accomplishments of the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve really&nbsp;degraded this regime, really hit them very&nbsp;hard: hit the IRGC, killed thousands of these stormtroopers, killed their leaders&nbsp;who are spouting this &lsquo;death to&nbsp;America&rsquo; doctrine, really knocked out a good&nbsp;chunk of their &mdash; not a good chunk &mdash;&nbsp;close to finishing their arms industry,&nbsp;just the whole industrial base, wiping out entire plants, and the nuclear program itself,&rdquo; Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Beyond halfway in terms of missions, not necessarily in terms of time,&rdquo; he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>When confronted with the war&rsquo;s relative unpopularity in the U.S., with most polls showing a majority opposed, Netanyahu replied that it was the mark of a great leader to look beyond popularity and do what was right.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have to weaken them as strongly as you can to prevent them from having intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons that could destroy your cities and destroy America. That&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-hogan-says-he-wont-run-for-president-in-2024\/\" title=\"Larry Hogan Says He Won\u2019t Run for President in 2024\">pretty good reason<\/a> to act, whether or not people realize it,&rdquo; he said, when asked to pitch the war to skeptical U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you work by the polls &hellip; I mean, I&rsquo;m not saying politicians ignore polls; everybody looks at them, but if this is the only thing that decides your course of action, you&rsquo;re not a leader, you&rsquo;re a follower,&rdquo; Netanyahu added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4508418\/iran-transform-islamic-republic-military-dictatorship\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4508418\">HOW IRAN TRANSFORMED FROM AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TO A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has publicly pursued maximalist objectives against Iran, up to and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-leftist-projects-your-tax-dollars-funded-hearing\/\" title=\"&#039;Disturbing&#039; Leftist Projects Your Tax Dollars Funded: Hearing\">including regime change<\/a>, but the lack of a general uprising has put this objective up to questioning. Trump seems more willing to pursue a deal with malleable authorities and has increasingly spoken of the possibility of peace in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A CBS News-YouGov poll conducted March 17-20 that surveyed 3,335 people found that 60% were opposed to the war with Iran and 40% were in favor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a paraphrase of the passage:<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu told Newsmax that the Iran war is already past the halfway point and urged Trump to ignore anti-war polls and carry the effort to its finish. He framed the conflict as an existential threat to Western civilization and said he wouldn\u2019t set a fixed timetable, but that the campaign has achieved a lot already. He claimed the U.S. and Israel have weakened the Iranian regime-hitting the IRGC, killing thousands of its fighters and leaders, destroying much of its arms industry, and crippling its nuclear program. He clarified that \u201cbeyond halfway\u201d referred to progress on missions, not a clock.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about rising U.S. opposition in polls, he argued that true leadership means acting on what\u2019s necessary rather than following public opinion. He warned that Iran must be weakened to prevent it from obtaining intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities, making the case for continuing the effort despite poll results. He also noted that Netanyahu\u2019s broader goals against Iran have been maximalist (including regime change), though the absence of a popular uprising has raised questions; Trump has occasionally signaled more willingness to pursue a deal.<\/p>\n<p>A CBS News-YouGov poll conducted March 17-20 found 60% opposed to the war and 40% in favor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2585469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25363679563725.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,4671,73799,6524,50434],"class_list":["post-2585468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-2","tag-netanyahu","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25363679563725.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585472,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585468\/revisions\/2585472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}