Maybe the Israelis aren't trusted because of this? The man who cried bomb: Netanyahu spent 30 years warning Iran’s nuclear weapons were “imminent” Netanyahu began issuing such alerts in the early 1990s, during his time as a member of Israel’s parliament. In a 1992 speech to the Knesset, he suggested that Iran was within three to five years of achieving independent nuclear weapons production. He would go on to reaffirm that assessment in his 1995 book, Fighting Terrorism, arguing that Iran’s nuclear intentions posed a dire challenge to global security. The idea of a narrow and closing window to stop Iran’s nuclear program soon became a recurring theme in Netanyahu’s diplomacy. In 2002, he testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, advocating for military action in Iraq while linking Baghdad’s suspected weapons programs with those of Tehran. The United States invaded Iraq the following year, though subsequent inspections found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/man-cried-bomb-netanyahu-spent-30-years-warning-irans-nuclear-weapons-imminent/#:~:text=His%20public%20statements%20have%20repeatedly,a%20member%20of%20Israel's%20parliament.