‘If we can have a coup, great.
If we can have people on the streets, great.
If we can have a civil war, great.
Israel couldn’t care less about the future …
[or] the stability of Iran’
Danny Citrinowicz, Iran expert and senior researcher at
Tel Aviv’s Institute for National Security Studies
Source: Financial Times (London), March 4, 2026
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[VIDEO] Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: ‘All of Lebanon should be our playground’
The New Arab / June 22, 2026
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a major escalation in Lebanon, declaring that “all of Lebanon should be our playground” and urging Israel to intensify its military operations beyond what he described as a restrained approach.
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The remarks come days after Ben-Gvir sparked international condemnation by stating that “all of Lebanon must burn” following the deaths of Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.
In the same statements, the far-right minister said he had repeatedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “for every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep,” while calling for Israel to “obliterate” and “crush” its enemies.
