The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying Israel supports Donald Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks. The statement added that Israel supports the US effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran's Arab neighbours and the world. The United States has told Israel that it is committed to achieving goals shared by the US, Israel and Israel's regional allies in upcoming negotiations. The exact terms of the two-week truce between the US and Iran have not been disclosed.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of failing to secure Israel's demands as part of the ceasefire. Lapid stated that Israel wasn't even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of its national security. He claimed Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and didn't meet a single one of the goals that he himself set. Lapid added it will take Israel years to repair the political and strategic damage that Netanyahu caused due to arrogance, negligence, and a lack of strategic planning. According to Euronews, Yair Lapid described Israel as filled with gratitude and admiration for Donald Trump's courage, moral clarity, and decision to go into this war to protect peace on Earth. According to Euronews, Yair Lapid also described the US president as someone who cannot be pushed around, noting he is the president of the biggest military in history and a determined man.
Israel supports Donald Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks.
Yair Golan, head of the centre-left The Democrats party, accused Netanyahu of lying. Golan stated that Netanyahu promised a historic victory and security for generations, but in practice Israel got one of the gravest strategic failures it has known. He added that after blood was spilled, brave citizens killed, and soldiers fell, none of the goals were accomplished. Golan concluded that Iran's nuclear program was not destroyed, the ballistic threat remains, and the regime is in place and even stronger coming out of this war.
Avigdor Liberman, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, warned that a ceasefire with Iran gives the ayatollahs' regime a break and time.
Israel also supports the US effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran's Arab neighbours and the world.
Lapid further criticized Netanyahu's government in a televised speech, warning that Israel may face an approaching security catastrophe due to soldier shortage. According to Aftonbladet, Yair Lapid described the government as sending the army into a multi-front war without a strategy, without necessary resources, and with far too few soldiers. The specific demands Israel had in the ceasefire negotiations that Netanyahu allegedly failed to secure have not been detailed, and the exact number of soldiers Israel currently has and the specific shortage mentioned by Lapid remain unclear.
Israel's army chief Eyal Zamir recently raised similar concerns. Zamir stated he is waving ten red flags and that it won't be long before the army cannot handle its routine tasks. The ten red flags that army chief Eyal Zamir referred to regarding Israel's military capabilities have not been specified, and concrete evidence supporting the claims that Israel's military is strained to the breaking point and facing a security catastrophe has not been publicly provided.
The United States has told Israel that it is committed to achieving these goals, shared by the US, Israel and Israel's regional allies, in the upcoming negotiations.
Inside Israel and the country's political spectrum, the reaction to the truce has been far from supportive, with multiple opposition figures condemning the agreement and Netanyahu's handling of it.
There has never been such a diplomatic disaster in all our history.
Israel wasn't even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security.
The army did everything that was asked of it, the public showed amazing resilience, but Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and didn't meet a single one of the goals that he himself set.
Israel is filled with gratitude and admiration for his courage, for his moral clarity on the issue, for the fact that he decided to go into this war, understanding this is protecting peace on Earth.
Does Donald Trump strike you as someone who can be pushed around? I don't think so.
He's the president of the biggest military army in the history of humanity. He's a determined man.
With the exception of US First Lady Melania Trump, I do not think anybody can push Donald Trump to do something he doesn't want to do.
A ceasefire with Iran gives the ayatollahs' regime a break and time.
The government is sending the army into a multi-front war without a strategy, without necessary resources and with far too few soldiers.
I am waving ten red flags.
It won't be long before the army cannot handle its routine tasks.