The chairman of the National Security Committee, MK Zvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit), spoke today (Wednesday) on Gadi Ness' program on Radio North 104.5FM about the extension of the ceasefire and the hostage deal, the fear of the end of the war and the tweet of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gabir , Because his faction will withdraw from the government if the war ends.
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"Precisely today, November 29, 76 years after the end of the British mandate in the Land of Israel, may be the day when we call into question the existence of the Jewish people in Israel," Vogel said at the beginning of his remarks, "If we decide today to stop the war, then we are putting at risk the existence of the Jewish people. This means that the whole arena will understand our inability to fight and win. Let's start with the fact that we did not agree to this (extending the deal) either, because we assessed from the beginning that this ceasefire allows Hamas to reorganize and do all the actions that could cause us many losses in the future,
"All those who belonged to the previous conception continue to ignore the reality," he added, "I wish we were wrong and there would be no more Hamas, neither in Judea and Samaria nor in the Gaza Strip, and we would not have to build houses with MMDs and the settlements would go back to planting and giving birth to new children, this is the image of victory that I want See, but I also feel that we communicated the achievement, we stopped the momentum and gave Hamas a breath of life, and now the whole world may stand by and tell us 'you have done what you had to do, we will take Hamas as it is and be deported to a third country'. Today, the order of priorities is to return the abductees and to dismantle Hamas, what does it mean to dismantle?"
He then explained: "I don't get excited with every child who returns or with every mother who returns? I don't have a tear in my eye when it happens? But there is something I cannot prove to the world and that is that if we continued with the war, under pressure, we would bring them all in one fell swoop, for a lot Less, and continue and destroy Hamas. How do I look into the eyes of those who, God forbid, will be murdered or kidnapped in the future? The leadership today does not look to the future? What is Gantz's leadership that is running an election campaign today instead of caring for the existence of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel?"
In addition, he referred to Minister Ben Gvir's tweet: "As Minister Ben Gvir said yesterday, if we stop the war here, we in this government will not stay, there is no common denominator anymore. Because even when we opposed the deal, we did not resign from the government for a very simple reason, when our soldiers are fighting there is no Such a thing as getting out of the government, but when our soldiers don't fight and instead of destroying, we lost, so I, and every Jewish power, have no desire to remain in the framework of a government that is unable to keep its promises and is also defeatist."
"If we stop the fighting now and agree to the terms of ending the war in exchange for the return of the captives, it means that the main goal of this war, this operation, this round, was the return of the abductees and not the destruction of Hamas – I have no reason to stay in such a government, and neither do all our friends. From the moment they changed the The order of priorities and the return of the abductees became the main goal, we provided the enemy with an incentive for his continued existence," he noted.
Regarding the shooting incidents in the southern Gaza Strip last night, he said: "Yesterday we already proved that we have no backbone, what is this violation? If there were several dead soldiers, how would we behave? Why when the enemy violates an agreement do you not retaliate? Hezbollah is watching us and understands this, waiting for the moment The good thing is, we will return home to all the settlements because we have no other choice, and God forbid in a year, two, three, five years – the disaster of Simchat Torah may return. I am not ready to look the people of Israel in the eyes and say that I gave up on this thing, and therefore I will not be part of the government this one".
Assisted in the preparation of the article: Eric Berhad 104.5FM
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