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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Sunday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is “not over” because Iran still has nuclear material that “has to be taken out” of the country.

In a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast by CBS News on Sunday evening, Netanyahu said that the war on Iran has not ended because Iran still has enriched uranium that must be “taken out,” as well as enrichment sites that “have to be dismantled.” When probed further, Netanyahu repeated that Iran’s uranium must be taken out of the country with physical force, implying his openness to a ground invasion. Netanyahu also claimed that Trump was open to the possibility of a ground invasion.

Israel is one of nine countries — and the only country in the Middle East — to have nuclear weapons. It is not party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and move toward disarmament. Israel faces little international pressure for transparency on its arsenal of nuclear weapons, revealing a stark double standard in the treatment of Iran.

Trump, for his part, also addressed the U.S.’s plans for Iran’s uranium in an interview that aired the same day, but did not suggest that a ground invasion was on the table. “We’ll get that at some point,” he said, referring to........

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