Preparing for Iran Strike: Bennett Says Israel Undergoing Largest Rearmament in Years

Naftali Bennett addresses the Israeli Knesset. (Photo: Video Grab)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) on Monday that Israel is undergoing its largest rearmament in years, according to Israeli media.

Bennett’s remarks come as the Israeli army is preparing for a potential strike on Iran. 

“We are investing in security rearmament of the IDF and the entire defense establishment,” Bennett said, adding that this decision is “important to our survival.”

According to The Times of Israel, “Bennett’s government increased the 2022 defense budget to nearly NIS 60 billion ($19.2 billion), a large chunk of which was to be earmarked for planning on military engagement with Iran”.

Also on Monday, Bennett said during a press conference at the PM’s Office in Jerusalem that Israel would not be bound by any nuclear deal with Iran and would continue to consider itself free to act “with no constraints”, Reuters reported.

The comments were made as indirect talks between Iran and the United States resumed last week in Vienna to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

(The Palestine Chronicle

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2 Comments

  1. So to move away from Israel’s monstrous apartheid towards Palestinians , their land, their survival, Israel now speaks of rearming itself for “survival” . The most frightening country in the middle east, in the world is planning more terror on Iran. They must be stopped for they are destroying everything they touch. Where is the action by the Europeans and US to stop this ongoing insanity? It is deadly and utterly heartbreaking .

  2. really. where is israel getting the money for all of this rearmament.
    inquiring minds want to know.

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