President Isaac Herzog visited the World Economic Forum at Davos today (Tuesday), where he was interviewed by veteran journalist Fareed Zakaria during a keynote discussion.
Herzog addressed the threat posed by Iran, saying that:
"The source of evil that emanates and covers us all starts with terror, especially with Iranian instigated terror. This is the strategic issue above everything. Each proxy you deal with: the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, in Iraq and so forth and so on.
"It is all supported, financed, organized, commanded, control, trained by Iran. This empire of evil in Tehran is still spending billions, and I have news for you and the entire universe. They are working day in, day out, even now, rather than soul-searching, looking in the mirror, seeing how they failed, and how much damage and havoc and sorrow they created with their barbaric attacks, with their proxies, they are continuing, endlessly - rushing towards the bomb and, of course, planning all the time terror attacks world over and in our region, predominantly the regime and its and its organizations, the IRGC as the main focus.
"And I'm warning the world not to fall into kind of an aura of optimism, but rather be lucid about it. Yes, there is an opportunity, a huge opportunity, to change the course of the Middle East for the better, but there is also huge risk, so long as this regime in Iran stays put and continues its efforts - it can stop its efforts, but it still continues."
The President then addressed the controversial issue of the divide over the hostage deal, saying:
"Now we've had the opportunity to reach a hostage deal, which was very difficult to reach this agreement. It is very painful, very difficult.
“Israel is a democracy, you want to know something, I truly understand those who have reservations and fears, because we are going to release terrible terrorists. This is the whole equation. We are asking to release women and children, and for that, we are paying with terrorists, cruel, barbaric terrorists. But we all agree that this has to be done. We want them home. It's top priority of the nation of Israel."
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