By Molly Claire Goddard
3:08am PDT, Jun 19, 2025
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The Daily Show compiled quite a montage of
Benjamin Netanyahu's past comments.
On Tuesday, May 17 — after Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Iran — the late-night talk show ripped into the Israeli Prime Minister with
a montage of him repeatedly saying that Iran has been "weeks away" from nukes for the last 30 years.
Keep reading to learn how many times Netanyahu has made the accusation over the past three decades…MORE:
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On Thursday, June 12, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against Iran in response to allegations that Iranian officials were building a nuclear weapon.
The numerous videos compiled by The Daily Show show that Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed these allegations for decades.
One clip from back in 1995 features the politician claiming, "Iran will be capable of producing — alone, without importing anything — nuclear bombs within three to five years."
In 2006, Netanyahu made a similar remark: "Iran is gearing up to have, to produce 25 bombs — atomic bombs — a year. Two-hundred fifty bombs in a decade," he alleged.
In 2015, he stated, "Iran is so dangerous. Weeks away from having the fissile material for an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs."
Most recently, Netanyahu warned, "If not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It could be a year. It could be within a few months."
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After the clips played, Jon Stewart trolled Benjamin Netanyahu for his repetitive remarks over the years. He compared Netanyahu's mantra to New York Knicks fans speaking their team's victory into existence.
"Iran's only weeks away from having an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs, says Netanyahu … in 2015," the host said. "Netanyahu talks about Iran getting nukes the way I talk about the Knicks winning a title. This is the year. The Knicks are one piece away, weeks away from winning a title. But they never win a f****** title."
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On the Monday, June 16, episode of
The Daily Show, Jon Stewart
slammed
Donald Trump's role in the conflict between Israel and Iran while the latter had been engaging in nuclear talks with the U.S.
"What happened with Iran? Weren't we about to make a nuclear deal?" the comedian asked. "Wasn't our dealmaker in chief making a deal to keep Iran from enriching uranium? Actually, didn't we have a deal before our dealmaker in chief so wisely pulled us from that deal?"
