June 20, 2025

Israeli officials insisted Friday that they will keep up their bombing campaign against Iran, even as President Donald Trump has given Tehran a two-week deadline to come to some sort of diplomatic deal that reins in its nuclear program.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, laid out his country’s case at the U.N. Security Council, facing off Friday with Iranian representatives who urged the world to stop the Israeli strikes.

“We will not stop. Not until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled, not until its war machine is disarmed, not until our people and yours are safe,” Danon declared.

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