Minister Gideon Sa'ar participated in the lighting of the candles together with the bereaved families this evening (Tuesday), when he spoke about joining the emergency government and the steps required in Israel after the end of the war.
"I want to say something clear tonight: it is important to maintain the emergency government during the war," said Sa'ar. "After all, who will be encouraged by the dismantling of the wartime government? Hamas. Hezbollah. Iran. This war is fatal for the future of our children and grandchildren in this country. We must not return to the wars of the Jews during the war with the enemy!"
He also clarified that "I will not allow my patriotism, our patriotism, to be used for needs that are not related to the good of the state. I will only have the national interest in front of me. I will not talk politics tonight. I will only say this: after the war - the time will come for the correction of Israeli society. And a major correction is required. Also a political correction. And we will be there as usual - on this front. But we will keep the right order of things: first of all - defeat the enemy together. Only then - return to the political routine."
Sa'ar also addressed the expected political dangers: "I recognize a Palestinian, Arab, international attempt to try and bring to the fore again the dangerous idea of establishing a Palestinian state west of Jordan. Don't take it lightly, my friends. I tell you: the day after - after the security campaign - we will have to to ward off political dangers. This is our future. God forbid we - after paying with compound interest for the mistakes of the past, return to the path of retreats, weakness and concessions. God forbid we, after we pay with the blood of our sons, return to the illusions of the past.
"We will not agree to a Palestinian terrorist state - neither in Judea and Samaria nor in Gaza! We will not agree to give up security responsibility - neither in Judea and Samaria nor in Gaza" he concluded. "We will not agree to harming the settlement in Judea and Samaria, because the right to settle in the Land of Israel involves our right to national security, as we learned from our teacher Menachem Begin, may he rest in peace. And when you harm the settlement, in the end security is also harmed."