Rabbi Walicki

Can we make an agreement with them?

Can we appease them with some economic deal with the West?

It's no longer based on that.

It's simply based on an evaluation of capabilities.

And when there are regimes or groups that pledge openly that their goal is the destruction of Israel and the genocide of the Jewish people, as the Iranian regime does, as Hamas does, as Hezbollah does, so long as they have any capabilities to harm Israel, we will deal with those capabilities.

And I was listening to Sam Faddis before, and he's absolutely right.

The Israelis' goal is to eliminate the threat.

And the bottom line is, if you allow your country to be taken over by insane people who do crazy, reckless things...

then FAFO, unfortunately, there is a price to pay.

And I'm with you on the Iranian people.

I'd love to see a healthy regime change.

But whatever comes after this regime, no matter how chaotic it is, from Israel's perspective, is not going to be as dangerous as the regime itself.

And therefore...

You know, Israel is going to protect itself and it's going to look after its own interests.

Do we want a regime that's more peaceful with us and that is stable?

Yeah, sure, it'll be better for everybody.

But top of the agenda for Israel is simply eliminating threats wherever they may be.

And the threat from Lebanon with Hezbollah, it's been festering too long.

The Lebanese government has not been willing to do anything about it.

So Israel's stepping in and doing something.