29 April 2025
Israel will only stop fighting following the partition of Syria and the displacement of “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians from Gaza, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares during a pre-Memorial Day speech in the West Bank.
“With God’s help and the valor of your comrades-in-arms who continue to fight even now, we will end this campaign when Syria is dismantled, Hezbollah is severely beaten, Iran is stripped of its nuclear threat, Gaza is cleansed of Hamas and hundreds of thousands of Gazans are on their way out of it to other countries, our hostages are returned, some to their homes and some to the graves of Israel, and the State of Israel is stronger and more prosperous,” the far-right minister tells a gathering at the Eli Yeshiva.
These are not the goals of a specific government but rather constitute the “consensus of a people who desire life” and “the final picture of a campaign that was forced upon us,” Smotrich argues.
Israel will only stop fighting following the partition of Syria and the displacement of “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians from Gaza, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares during a pre-Memorial Day speech in the West Bank.
“With God’s help and the valor of your comrades-in-arms who continue to fight even now, we will end this campaign when Syria is dismantled, Hezbollah is severely beaten, Iran is stripped of its nuclear threat, Gaza is cleansed of Hamas and hundreds of thousands of Gazans are on their way out of it to other countries, our hostages are returned, some to their homes and some to the graves of Israel, and the State of Israel is stronger and more prosperous,” the far-right minister tells a gathering at the Eli Yeshiva.
These are not the goals of a specific government but rather constitute the “consensus of a people who desire life” and “the final picture of a campaign that was forced upon us,” Smotrich argues.
“We will continue to debate among ourselves — about policy plans, about recruitment issues, about identity issues and also about economic issues. There can be no dispute about the destruction of the enemy,” he continues, adding that “fateful days are approaching.”
Addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Smotrich says that he does “not have the mandate to miss the window of opportunity.”
Smotrich’s comment about dividing Syria came days after US Rep. Marlin Stutzman told The Times of Israel that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa had expressed “openness” to normalizing relations with Jerusalem and cautioned against efforts to divide the country.
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