The Knesset plenum today (Tuesday) held a discussion on a proposal for an order submitted by MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) on the subject of "the government ignoring the serious developments on the issue of Iran."
MK Hanegbi said during the debate: "The question today is simple.
What should the State of Israel do to ensure that Iran does not successfully complete its nuclear program, and does not pose an existential threat to the Jewish state by having a fanatical, fundamentalist regime holding weapons of mass destruction?
What needs to be done is exactly what did not happen at President Biden's meeting with Prime Minister Bennett.
Not only did it not happen, but the opposite happened. "
He said, "This meeting reflected the serious problem that the State of Israel has been facing since last June. We have a government that is inexperienced, insecure, visionless, daring, hesitant, largely paralyzed. At the Bennett-Biden meeting, it became clear to us "This is not just a lack of understanding, a lack of experience, a prime minister at the beginning of his path, but a fundamentally wrong policy, a policy whose main element is irresponsibility because it actually poses a near and certain danger to Israel."
Minister Matan Kahana (right) replied on behalf of the government: "The new government, which has been in office for about three months, has been given a situation in which the Iranian nuclear program is at its most advanced stage.
Minister Matan Kahana // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
Minister Kahana described the actions taken by Prime Minister Bennett to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons: "During his visit to the United States, the Prime Minister expressed his position that a return to the nuclear agreement would be a mistake and that Israel is not a party to the agreement." The Iranian regime, and that the benefit of restricting enrichment is very limited given the significant progress the Iranians have already made. Let it be a tool for political blows. "
MK Ophir Akunis (Likud) said: "A soldier was killed by a savage man who is still roaming free in the Gaza Strip. So the visit to Washington is over, are you still not responding because you are afraid the government will fall apart? Because MK Mansour Abbas and the Islamic Movement, the brothers of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, they will not be in government and then there is no government. You are handcuffing our forces to maintain your coalition. There has never been such a disgrace. "