The world was sleepwalking toward disaster. Again.

Just like in the 1930s, a fanatical regime made its intentions crystal clear: Wipe the Jewish people off the map, destroy Western influence and dominate an entire region through terror and ideology.

And just like in the 1930s, the so-called “international community” looked the other way.

Except this time, two leaders didn’t.

Donald J. Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu refused to play dumb.

They didn’t beg. They didn’t blink. And they didn’t apologize. They acted.

Because Iran — the world’s No. 1 terror regime — was on the brink of going nuclear.

Let that sink in: A regime that burns American flags, funds terrorists across four continents, murders women in the streets for not covering their hair, and chants “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” was about to get the bomb.

And the usual crowd of diplomats and talking heads said: Let’s be patient. Let’s negotiate. Let’s wait.

Sound familiar? That’s exactly what Europe said to Adolf Hitler.

We all know how that ended.

But this time, history didn’t repeat itself — because Trump and Netanyahu made sure of it.

They didn’t wait for another Munich. They acted before the mushroom cloud.

And thank God they did.

Make no mistake: Iran with nukes would be far worse than Nazi Germany.

Same genocidal hatred. Same dream of world domination. But this time, with 21st-century weapons.

If the ayatollahs had gotten there first, no one would have been safe — not in Tel Aviv, not in New York, not anywhere.

Every terror group in the world would have felt untouchable under Iran’s nuclear umbrella.

Instead, in a matter of hours, Iran’s nuclear dreams turned to dust.

And with it, so did the illusion that this regime can be “contained” or “reformed.”

Let’s be real: You don’t negotiate with fanatics who want to kill you. You stop them.

That’s what real leadership looks like.

Not fancy speeches. Not hollow threats. Action.

Of course, the critics are losing their minds. They say it was reckless. They say it might provoke Iran.

News flash: Iran’s been provoking the world for decades.

The regime in Tehran has been attacking oil tankers, launching rockets at civilians, sending drones to hit US bases.

The real danger wasn’t action. The real danger was doing nothing.

Trump and Netanyahu weren’t willing to wait and see. They pulled the handbrake before the train went off the cliff.

We may never know how many lives they saved. How many cities they protected. How many wars they prevented.

But we should all know this: Without them, we’d be living in a far more dangerous world today.

They changed the game. And they proved that when you stand up to evil — instead of appeasing it — you can actually win.

The free world owes them a debt of gratitude.

Dan Illouz is a Member of the Israeli Knesset for the Likud Party.