Broadcast excerpt·TUE, 27 OCT 2026 · 11:10:24–11:12:12 SAST
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To give an opportunity for some of our listeners to ask their questions or give their inputs. I do think some of the voice notes I've seen here, they're responding to some of the things we've raised, but I'll give them an opportunity to ask you the question. So, if we can be a little bit quicker, you wanted to respond on the question about Iran. I was asking if Iran is a threat to Israel as we speak now. What is the position of the Israeli government? So, first of all, it's important to distinguish between the Iranian
People and the Iranian Islamic regime that is calling day and night for the annihilation of the state of Israel and the destruction of the Hebrew state. So obviously, as long as this regime remains in power, the Iranian regime remains a threat to Israel. At the same time, this threat has been weakened substantially in the last war.
And it's yet to be seen what will come out of this conflict. The reason I was asking that question, Mr. Feder, is because, and this is what I've sort of observed, right? And maybe I'm wrong in my observation. It's almost like even with the Prime Minister, he uses these fear tactics as part of his campaign because just the other day he showed an AI image. I'm sure you've seen it.
Of an atomic bomb falling on Tel Aviv. He posted that on his socials. You know, he's basically saying that there's a threat to Israeli citizens, like of mass destruction. But after the 12-day war in Gaza in 2025, he said the existential threat of Iranian nuclear weapons has been removed in a victory that will stand for generations. So if that threat was removed, when he indicated so last year, now, just a few days before elections,
How does he then declare that the threat is still there? And that's not the only time he said the threat was removed. In March this year, after the joint Iran, after the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, he declared that Tehran can no longer threaten Israel's existence. So, is the threat there or not? Because it almost feels like during elections when he campaigns, he uses that as a fear tactic. But to justify the strikes in Iran,
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