WASHINGTON, June  16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu suggested Monday that assassinating Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei would "end the conflict" between the two arch-foes.

"It's not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict,"
Netanyahu told ABC News in an interview when asked about reports that US
President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill the supreme leader out of
concern it would intensify the Iran-Israel showdown.

"The 'forever war' is what Iran wants, and they're bringing us to the brink
of nuclear war," Netanyahu said. "In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing
this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up
to the forces of evil."