Full transcript of 60 Minutes' interview with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu

60 Minutes Overtime Read the full transcript of Major Garrett's interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu here .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes-overtime.jpg'); } May 10, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google MAJOR GARRETT: Mr. Prime Minister, good to see you.PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Good to be with you.MAJOR GARRETT: Is the war with Iran over? And if it isn't, who will decide when it is?PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over, because there's still nuclear material, enriched-- uranium that has to be taken out of-- Iran. There are still-- enrichment sites that have to be dismantled. There are still proxies that-- Iran supports. There are ballistic missiles that they still-- want to produce. Now, we've degraded a lot of it. But all that is still there, and there's work to be done. President Trump—(OVERTALK)MAJOR GARRETT: So this war-- this war cannot end until all those things are eliminated?PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, certainly we want to get the nuclear material out. We certainly want to get the enrichment sites-- dismantled. We've curbed a lot. We've degraded a lot of the missile production sites. But the agreement should cover all these areas, including the proxies.Can it end with, as President Trump has-- has-- led, now, a blockade, an economic pressure on them to do it with non-military means? Fine. If it can be accomplished, why not? But if not-- both the United States and Israel, we both agree, President Trump and I, that if necessary, we can reengage them militarily, if it's necessary. MAJOR GARRETT: If it's necessary. How do you envision the highly enriched uranium will be removed from Iran?PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: You go in, and you take (LAUGH) it out.MAJOR GARRETT: With what? Special Forces from Israel, Special Forces from the United States working in tandem under international s...