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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during an election event for the joint list \u201cTogether\u201d ahead of the upcoming elections, in Haifa, June 2, 2026. (credit: Sharon Leibel\/Flash90)<\/p>\nFormer prime minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Iranian regime change will start when Israel has a new government.<\/p>\n
“The clock for regime change in Iran will start as soon as the government in Israel is changed,” said Bennett. “The leadership is a disappointment.”<\/p>\n
“The term of the Netanyahu government began with a civil war, continued with the massacre of October 7, and ends with a historic failure against Iran,” he added.<\/p>\n
Bennett stated that he would “implement mandatory conscription for everyone, stop the financing of evasion, and thus bring the IDF the tens of thousands of soldiers that it so lacks.”<\/p>\n
“When there are no soldiers, you have to conquer the same point again and again, and that way you can’t win,” added Bennett. “We can restore security to Israel.”<\/p>\n
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during an election event for the joint list \u201cTogether\u201d ahead of the upcoming elections, in Haifa, June 2, 2026. (credit: Sharon Leibel\/Flash90)<\/p>\n
Bennett added that he would defend Israel against Iran by renewing the “Octopus Doctrine.”<\/p>\n
“On the one hand, we prevent Iran from going nuclear, and on the other hand, we accelerate the collapse of the regime with political, economic, technological, and military tools,” he said.<\/p>\n
Ben-Gvir: ‘Trump’s agreement does not bind us’<\/p>\n
Earlier on Monday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in an X\/Twitter post that Israel is not bound to US President Donald Trump’s US-Iran ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n
“Trump’s agreement does not bind us. Israel is not subject to the United States, and we are an independent and sovereign nation,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We are not partners to this agreement that does not ensure our security, and it does not bind us in any way,” continued Ben-Gvir<\/a>. “We must not compromise on anything less than the dismantling of Hezbollah<\/a>, we must not withdraw from any territory that our fighters have captured and cleared of terror infrastructure, we must not return to a situation where thousands of terrorists sit on the fences of northern settlements, and certainly we must not remain silent for a moment in the face of fire directed at the State of Israel.”<\/p>\n Other Israeli officials took to X on Monday morning to state their positions, including Yair Golan, leader of The Democrats, who criticized Netanyahu for capitulating to a deal he deemed unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n Netanyahu “stood on the sidelines” as Israel’s “military achievements secured with the courage of our pilots and the blood of our fighters have been erased,” Golan said.<\/p>\n Replacing Netanyahu an ‘existential’ issue, Iran agreement a ‘strategic failure’<\/p>\n “Trump signs an agreement that funnels billions to the Ayatollahs’ regime, leaves the nuclear infrastructure intact, preserves the ballistic threat as is, and throws a lifeline to the murderous regime in Tehran,” he said in harsh criticism of the agreement.<\/p>\n Pinning much of the blame for the agreement he sees as unsatisfactory on Netanyahu, Golan continued, saying, “Netanyahu is good for Hamas. Netanyahu is good for Iran<\/a>. Netanyahu is good for Hezbollah. Netanyahu is not good for Israel.”<\/p>\n Golan ended his post by saying, “Replacing him is not just a political necessity – it is an existential security imperative.”<\/p>\n Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White party, said “Under no circumstances – it is forbidden to agree to restrict Israel’s freedom of action in Lebanon or to a withdrawal that endangers the residents of the north,” in his X post.<\/p>\n “The emerging agreement with Iran appears to be a strategic failure that will require Israel to engage in diplomatic, military, and legal struggles in the coming years, which only a broad Zionist government can lead,” he said.<\/p>\n ‘Bond between Trump and Netanyahu’ remains strong<\/p>\n MK Miki Zohar, on the other hand, took the opportunity to emphasize the strength of US-Israel relations and, in particular, the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu.<\/p>\n