The ceasefire between Iran and the US “could turn on a dime,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of Monday’s cabinet meeting, according to multiple Hebrew media reports.

The comment came in the context of preparations for the official Independence Day ceremony next Tuesday night, with the premier adding that “we should record [the ceremony] — and if, and to the extent, that the security situation allows, then we can hold the ceremony with an audience,” according to the Walla news site.

In a video published by his office, Netanyahu said US Vice President JD Vance briefed him on his way back from talks with Iran in Pakistan over the weekend, held amid the two-week ceasefire announced last Tuesday.

The premier said the Americans “could not tolerate Iran’s blatant violation of the agreement to enter negotiations. The agreement was that they would stop the fire, and the Iranians would immediately open the Strait [of Hormuz] — they did not do so. The Americans could not accept this.”

Additionally, according to Netanyahu, Vance told him that the main issue from the US perspective was “removing all enriched material and ensuring that there will be no enrichment in the coming years — possibly for decades — no enrichment inside Iran. This is their focus, and of course it is also important to us.”

Israel supports US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a naval blockade on Iranian ports, said Netanyahu, adding that the two sides “are in constant coordination.”

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