Against the background of the Prime Minister’s sharp message Naftali Bennett And the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair LapidBecause the US is considering removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations, Secretary of Defense, Bnei GantzSpoke tonight (Friday) with the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. Ganz thanked him for approving $ 4.8 billion in aid to Israel, including the addition to Iron Dome interceptors.
Later in the conversation, the two discussed the details of the emerging nuclear agreement and Israel’s position on its components. This, in light of the fear that removing the Revolutionary Guards from the blacklist is part of the emerging agreement. Ganz told Austin that “it is of particular importance at this time to tighten coordination and cooperation between the countries and other countries in the region in the face of Iranian aggression.”
Subsequently, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Defense of the United States discussed the war in Eastern Europe, between Russia and Ukraine. Ganz said that Israel supports a ceasefire and the efforts of the West and the United States in this regard. Gantz also emphasized the efforts made by Israel to bring about a ceasefire and humanitarian aid to refugees.
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As you may recall, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid responded today in a joint statement to the report that the United States is considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from the blacklist of world terrorist organizations, as part of the nuclear deal. . “We have a hard time believing that” the United States will remove its definition of a terrorist organization, “they said.
The two explained their position at length, saying that “the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are Hezbollah in Lebanon, they are the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, they are the Houthis in Yemen, they are the militias in Iraq. The Revolutionary Guards are behind the attacks on American civilians and soldiers throughout the Middle East. They are the ones behind the plans to assassinate senior US government officials. ”
They added: “The Revolutionary Guards took part in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians, they destroyed Lebanon, they are engaged in the murderous repression of Iranian civilians. They kill Jews because they are Jews, Christians because they are Christians, and Muslims because they do not surrender. They are a central and integral part. “In the murderous machine of repression in Iran. Their hands are stained with the blood of thousands of Iranians and the trampling of the soul of Iranian society.”