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10 January 2022

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee that “Israel is not a side to the agreements [with Iran], Israel is not obligated to what is written in these agreements if they are signed, and Israel will continue to maintain full freedom of action at any time or any place, without limitations”. Noting that “we are investing in security rearmament of the IDF and the entire defence establishment”, Bennett remarked that “Iran is the head of the octopus that sends enemies and proxies and its tentacles at us, on all of our borders. We are dealing – day and light [sic] – with Iran and its proxies. We are making a change, moving to a mindset of constant attack and not just constant defence”.

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