Are Israel Destabilization Fears Warranted?

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00:00But this meeting comes amid fears Israel will launch new offenses against Hezbollah in Lebanon

00:06or against Iran. Are the fears of Israel destabilizing the Middle East warranted at

00:14the moment from the international community, do you think? Look, I think that Israel's military

00:19achievements were necessary, and those are the ones that brought about the change that we're

00:25seeing now the new opportunity for Gaza, the new opportunity for Lebanon, the new opportunity

00:30for Syria, and even potentially a new opportunity for a new chapter in Iran. So this is due to

00:37Israel's military activity. But I do believe that it's now time to translate these phenomenal

00:45military achievements into diplomatic alliances, diplomatic arrangements, new agreements across

00:52the region. We have a region to rebuild, to stabilize, and Israel needs to be a completely

00:58constructive and positive player in that sense. Bearing in mind, though, that still we have

01:04Hezbollah that has not disarmed, we have Hamas that is not disarmed, we have Iran that is

01:10intensifying its ballistic missile program, and its nuclear program was just stalled, were

01:16not completely eradicated. So those are all threats that are not just for Israel, but for

01:20the entire region, and we all need to work together in a constructive manner to make that happen.

01:26I can tell you that I, as the co-founder of the coalition, the Israeli Coalition for Regional

01:31Security, along with another 120 top figures from the Israeli society, are pushing for this

01:39direction internally. And we believe that the Israeli government should be a constructive partner

01:45in this space. But we also need all the moderate regional players to work with us to make that

01:51happen, and to not be blind to the regional threats that are still there. We need to provide actual,

01:57concrete solutions on how to disarm these destabilizing groups, and how to deal with Iran,

02:03and make sure that its proxy system is not being rebuilt.