“We are a small country. The more we have to defend ourselves, the more we have to take the war to the enemy’s territory, and expand our territory if needed.”
قلت خلال احتفالية لتكريم وحدات احتياط متفوقة:
نحن دولة صغيرة الحجم فكلما نضطر للدفاع عن أنفسنا، يتعين علينا نقل الحرب إلى أراضي العدو ونوسع أراضينا عند الحاجة. جيش الدفاع يطور قدراته ويستعد لمختلف السيناريوهات المتمثلة في الاشتباك واندلاع الحروب على أكثر من ساحة. pic.twitter.com/N0lYcCGgZS
— بنيامين نتنياهو (@Israelipm_ar) July 2, 2019
Netanyahu added, according to his official Twitter account that:
“The IDF is developing its capabilities and preparing for the various scenarios of a clash and outbreak of wars on more than one front. We are trying to avoid war, but if it is imposed on us, all the IDF forces, whether regular or reserve, will stand up as sure as day, and be strong, cohesive, and determined to achieve victory. If there is a war where reservists have proved their ability to win a battle, it is the Yom Kippur War,”
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قال رئيس الوزراء نتنياهو في احتفالية لتكريم وحدات الاحتياط المتفوقة:
نسعى لتجنب الحرب ولكن إذا فُرضت علينا، فستنهض كافة قوات جيش الدفاع سواء النظامية أو الاحتياطية منها في يوم الأمر وهي قوية ومتماسكة ومصممة على تحقيق الانتصار. pic.twitter.com/Sv01k1ykd1
— بنيامين نتنياهو (@Israelipm_ar) July 2, 2019
Netanyahu continued: “because of their joining with the regular forces, under unbearable initial conditions, it enabled the IDF to make a counterattack. The defense and the reserve army turned things around, as we waited less than three weeks on the outskirts of Cairo and Damascus.”
These statements mark a radical departure from the accepted norms and rules in play at the level of international law and diplomacy, and will guarantee that Israeli leaders are inarguably guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, as laid out in the Geneva Conventions, and the UN.