MK Naftali Bennet, minister of education, HaBayit Hayehudi, focused on Israel’s need to fight not only Iran’s proxy Hezbollah but also the host state of Lebanon, sending a message to Iran that a rocket from Iran via Lebanon will be treated as an Iranian rocket. Israel should not restrict itself to attacking only Hezbollah, but it should also attack Lebanon should rockets be launched on us from Lebanon. He emphasized the connection between the host, Lebanon, and the proxy or messenger, Hezbollah, which relies on the Shiite population in Lebanon, and noted that Hezbollah is the main military force in Lebanon, much more than the Lebanese army.
Noting that Iran is the center of world terror, Bennet related to Iran as an octopus, with tentacles in Lebanon and Gaza, noting that Iran has turned the use of proxies into an art. The war against Iran must be conducted through diplomacy, intelligence, sanctions, and Iran’s nuclear aspirations must be prevented. Israel must adopt a broader strategy and must make clear to its neighbors that they must disconnect from Iran, and that Israel must make the host state and Iran, as the disseminator, responsible.