MNA � Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday led a chorus of effusive Israeli praise for US President Donald Trump�s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and reinstate the �highest level� of US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.


�Israel fully supports President Trump�s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with�Tehran,� Netanyahu said in a live English-language televised statement from his office, moments after Trump�s announcement.

Trump on Tuesday announced the US withdrawal from what he called the �defective� multinational nuclear deal with Iran, signing a presidential memorandum to reintroduce high-level sanctions on Iran.

Netanyahu said�Israel opposed the nuclear deal �from the start,� because, rather than keeping Tehran away from the bomb, �it paves Iran�s path to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs.�

The lifting of sanctions by world powers since the 2015 accord �has already produced disastrous results,� said Netanyahu.

He thanked Trump for his �courageous leadership,� and applauded the pullout as �an historic move.�