Full transcript of 60 Minutes' interview with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu

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Full transcript of 60 Minutes' interview with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu

MAJOR GARRETT: Mr. Prime Minister, good to see you. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Good to be with you. MAJOR GARRETT: Is the war with Iran over? And if it isn't, who will decide when it is? …

MAJOR GARRETT: Mr. Prime Minister, good to see you. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Good to be with you. MAJOR GARRETT: Is the war with Iran over? And if it isn't, who will decide when it is? PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over, because there's still nuclear material, enriched-- uranium that has to be taken out of-- Iran. There are still-- enrichment sites that have to be dismantled. There are still proxies that-- Iran supports. There are ballistic missiles that they still-- want to produce. Now, we've degraded a lot of it. But all that is still there, and there's work to be done. President Trump—(OVERTALK) MAJOR GARRETT: So this war-- this war cannot end until all those things are eliminated? PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, certainly we want to get the nuclear material out. We certainly want to get the enrichment sites-- dismantled. We've curbed a lot. We've degraded a lot of the missile production sites. But the agreement should cover all these areas, including the proxies. Can it end with, as President Trump has-- has-- led, now, a blockade, an economic pressure on them to do it with non-military means? Fine. If it can be accomplished, why not? But if not-- both the United States and Israel, we both agree, President Trump and I, that if necessary, we can reengage them militarily, if it's necessary. MAJOR GARRETT: If it's necessary. …

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