Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted “new friendships” his nation has formed throughout the Arab world on Thursday, calling it an “unintended consequence” of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

“By empowering Iran, it brought Israel and many Arab states closer together than ever before, in an intimacy and friendship that I have not seen in my lifetime and would have been unimaginable a few years ago,” Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly.

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