Knesset member Nir Barkat of the Likud poured quite a bit of money and effort into his latest corporate video. He is, after all, planning his campaign to replace former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the Likud. His latest video shows him standing before the Capitol building in Washington, warning against the Iranian nuclear threat.

Barkat is one of Israel’s wealthiest politicians, with a net worth of approximately 1.3 billion Israeli shekels ($419 million). He flew to Washington 10 days ago for what he described as an important diplomatic mission. The video was released Dec. 15 and positioned prominently on all his social media accounts. His new media staff made sure to highlight selections from his speeches in English, all of them containing the same sharp, unequivocal message: “Iran is a radical Islamic regime: You must stop them …”

Media outlets, especially on the right, reported that Barkat met with 11 members of the House of Representatives and Senate, along with leading American public opinion shapers, in an effort to win their support against Iran. He visited Washington, Boston and New York, and even addressed the Israeli American Council (IAC) in Florida as representative of the Israeli opposition.

In his IAC talk, Barkat warned, “The Iranians want to create a bomb in order to use it. They teach their children to commit suicide and to wipe out Israel. There's nothing to talk about with someone who wants to throw you into the sea. You must stop them and must never let them have a bomb.”