Israel’s prime minister hits out at incoming ‘infamous’ Iranian president

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, right, shares a joke with alternate prime minister and foreign minister Yair Lapid (Emmanuel Dunand/AP)

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of the new Iranian president.

He said Iran’s presidential election was a sign for world powers to “wake up” before returning to a nuclear agreement with Tehran.