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Israel's Prime Minister Views Iran, Palestinians
(The Sunday Times-UK) Anshel Pfeffer - "Iran is now at their most advanced point of capability to enrich uranium," said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in an interview. But while promising that he will "do whatever is necessary to neutralize this threat," his model is President Ronald Reagan whose arms programs in the 1980s played a role in bankrupting the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War. "Reagan didn't have to bomb Moscow....Iran is a rotten regime, violating human rights and killing homosexuals and women who go around uncovered, while they can't even supply clean water to their citizens, but invest their resources in nuclear development. We will work against them, using all our energy, all our innovation and technology and economy, to get to a point where we are a number of steps ahead." Regarding the future of the Palestinian territories, Bennett said, based on his conversations with Arab leaders, "I don't think there's a significant leader in the region who currently thinks there's somewhere to go right now in the diplomatic process [with the Palestinians]. We learned the hard way that transferring territory and creating state-like entities doesn't work." In his meetings with leaders in the region, he says, "the main items on the agenda are Covid-19, Iran and regional trade." The Palestinians "come up as just another item" in these discussions. "But like me, [Arab leaders] understand what's achievable and want stability."