Former head of the National Security Council, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Giora Island, spoke tonight (Thursday) with Aryeh Eldad and Roni Bar-On on their program on 103FM about progress in talks to return the young woman who crossed the border into Syria, mediated by Russia, and said: “Russia has cranes There is a lot of pressure on us. “
“The Russians want to prove in both the small and the big things, that if we want to solve a problem we have to come to them. The mediation in question costs them nothing, and here Putin turns out to be humanitarian. What’s wrong?” Explained Island.
He later commented on the phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. He argued and explained, “There are various issues on which Israel can use an American crane, and these are issues that I am not sure how much they are on the table. One of these issues is the state of Lebanon. “
“Lebanon is in terrible chaos, economic and health chaos, it needs American economic assistance. As long as there is currently a representative government and president in Lebanon, the US administration can say it is willing to help Lebanon, provided the Lebanese state commits to shutting down Hezbollah’s precision missile plants, and if not “It will not help them financially, but will impose sanctions on Lebanon,” Island explained of the impact the Americans could have on Israel’s northern front.
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“Hezbollah is in dire need of international legitimacy, and if we do the right campaign here, most of it in psychological warfare, we can offer the Lebanese state the opportunity to escape the terrible crisis it is in. There will soon be no food or fuel for electricity, and it can get out with American aid. “In a small matter, not in dismantling Hezbollah or disarmament, but in freezing certain activities,” Island said, emphasizing, “If such a move succeeds, the biggest losers will be Iran, and we will achieve this without confronting the Iranians directly.”
Later, Island also referred to the decision of the International Court of Justice in The Hague to open an investigation against Israel and Hamas on suspicion of war crimes. “It’s a danger that can go on and grow, and the United States is the one that can cut it fast,” Island argued. “Biden, unlike Donald Trump, knows how to talk to European countries about these things as well.”