00:00The situation in Lebanon is also a major concern affecting regional stability amid concerns that Israel might launch a major offensive against Hezbollah.
00:12Does Israel believe that Hezbollah can be contained or disarmed through diplomatic means or is military escalation becoming unavoidable at this point?
00:22I want to ask you why Hezbollah should be contained.
00:26I mean it is a decision of the government of Lebanon to dismantle Hezbollah.
00:34So there I'm asking who is violating Lebanon's sovereignty?
00:40It's Hezbollah that violates Lebanon's sovereignty.
00:45We don't violate Lebanon's sovereignty by attacking Hezbollah that attacked Israel from Lebanon more than one time.
00:54And lately more than one year without any reason, without any reason to do so.
01:02So frankly we are interested that the Lebanese government will move forward with the implementation of its decision.
01:10We don't see it going forward in the way we would like to.
01:17It is not only our criticism.
01:19The United States, I believe, and others share this criticism.
01:23And there is a certain infiltration of Hezbollah also into the Lebanese army.
01:32And therefore we have, I can tell you, our wish is to have peace and normalization with Lebanon.
01:43The only thing that I believe stands between us and Lebanon in order to be there,
01:49because we have very minor disputes, very minor border disputes which could easily be solved.
01:57But the only problem is Hezbollah presence and Iran, which instructed Hezbollah last July not to disarm.
02:07So effectively, when Hezbollah is the strongest military force, stronger than the army of Lebanon,
02:14they are keeping Lebanon under an indirect occupation of Iran.
02:20This is the situation we must finish in order to get on one hand security for Israel,
02:26and on the other hand freedom for Lebanon, independence for Lebanon from foreign forces,
02:33and to bring back Lebanon to its people.
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