Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office said in a statement released shortly following the Defense Ministry's comments that the Israeli government's position on the Iran deal remains intact, but noted that there was no more important ally in the world than the United States.
"As [Netanyahu] outlined in his speech to the UN last year, now it is important that those who agree and for those who object to cooperate in order to achieve three objectives," the PMO statement said.
"Make sure that Iran does not violate the terms of the agreement," it continued, adding "deal with regional aggression from Iran and dismantle the global terrorist network of the Islamic Republic."
The statement from Netanyahu's office concluded by stating: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects that these objectives will become common policy and expects the alliance between Israel and the United States to strengthen with US President Barack Obama and with the next US administration."
Avigdor Liberman, who became Defense Minister in May this year, said in July that the international community is ignoring Iran's violation of its nuclear agreement with world powers, during his first appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
"The Iranian threat is still the greatest threat to the State of Israel," Liberman said last month. "Iran is still promoting its missile program with full force...and we don't have to guess whom the missiles program is targeting." The Defense Minister pointed to a test-fire of two missiles in Iran earlier this year, which had the message "Israel must be erased" written on them in Hebrew."The fact that nations of the world are trying to ignore this clear violation of UN Security Council decisions about the agreement, which they themselves signed with Iran, proves my point," he added.Lahav Harkov contributed to this report