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Israeli President: "We Don't Want War, But If It's Waged Against Us, We Go All the Way"
(CBS News) Margaret Brennan - Israeli President Isaac Herzog told "Face the Nation" on Sep. 22, 2024: "When you're dealing with terror organizations, they don't really give a damn about international affairs. They take hostages, or they fire as much as they want. They get instructions from Tehran, they send Houthi terrorists to block the high seas, and the cost of living in the world goes up. This is the culture of terror, and it's a terror of jihadists, meaning they don't give a damn about anything." "We agree, time and again, to go into rounds of talks. We support and welcome the efforts by the United States of America and the administration. Truly. We respect it tremendously. But at the end of it, [American envoy Amos] Hochstein leaves Israel, and they keep on firing and firing, and that cannot go on forever, because our citizens must go back home....We don't want war, but if it's waged against us, we go all the way." "This morning, they launched a barrage of attacks on Israeli cities, towns and villages all over the northern part of Israel....Why would any decent nation accept it? We're almost a year in such a situation of a kind of vicious cycle. We want to get out of this vicious cycle. And if we have no choice, then we are getting ready for escalation."