Israeli PM Netanyahus office denies intensive contact with ousted national security adviser Mike Waltz on Iran nuke talks

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied a published report that ousted national security adviser Mike Waltz had “intensive contact” with him to push for the obliteration of Iran’s nuclear sites rather than find a diplomatic solution — apparently infuriating President Trump.“Contrary to the Washington Post report, PM Netanyahu did not have intensive contact with Mike Waltz on Iran,” the office said in a statement Saturday hours after the outlet cited unnamed sources claiming the ex-Florida pol was keen on the US pursuing military action against Tehran’s nuke sites.“PM Netanyahu had a warm meeting with Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff at Blair House in February prior to the Prime Minister’s meeting with President Trump at the White House,” Netanyahu’s team added.“Mike Waltz also joined VP JD Vance in a meeting with the PM before leaving Washington.Since then, the PM, the former National Security Advisor and Steve Witkoff had one phone conversion that did not deal with Iran.”The statement cuts against comments from a senior White House official, Trump adviser and other unidentified sources who claimed to WaPo the former Green Beret wasn’t just ousted for having added a journalist to a private, Cabinet-level Signal chat discussing strikes on Houthi terrorists but also because of his hawkish stance on Iran.One of the sources said Waltz “wanted to take US policy in a direction Trump wasn’t comfortable with because the US hadn’t attempted a diplomatic solution.”“It got back to Trump and the president wasn’t happy with it,” the source said.On Tuesday, the then-national security adviser told The Post that the president had been clear about pursuing “all options,” military or otherwise, to halt Tehran’s regime from getting a nuclear bomb.“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and the president has been there repeatedly and he is absolutely serious about it,” Waltz said.But Trump also told Time ...