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20 January 2022

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with senior Israeli defence officials and, according to a readout from his office, “emphasised that the main task of the State of Israel is to inflict significant harm on the Iranian regime and its proxies in the region”. The same day, Defence Minister Benny Gantz referred to Huthi attacks against the UAE and contended that “at the same time senior Iranian officials are holding negotiations in suits in Vienna, their emissaries in the Middle East are increasing their aggressiveness in the region… Iran’s double game must be on the negotiating table in Vienna and every international effort to reach an agreement must also take into account Iran’s aggressiveness in the region”.

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