Posted on 10/31/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
Bennett is in high spirits: "We've crushed the Delta variant," he told the Sunday Times in an interview.
Now that the economy is booming and the government is predicting a 7.1 per cent annual growth rate, he is setting his sights on the potential gain due to this growth. “We’ve crushed Covid,” he announces.
Ahead of his departure today for the UN Conference on Climate Change - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says in an interview with the Sunday Times: "There is tremendous potential in the Middle East for the creation of partnerships in the field of energy... And energy means water."
Bennett, above all, Bennett sees Israeli technology and grand climate projects as a way for Israel to advance its policies in the Middle East.
Bennett continues: “This strong growth, beyond increasing prosperity for Israelis, has allowed us to massively invest in strengthening our military capabilities, both offensive and defensive capabilities. It’s no secret, Iran is now at their most advanced point of capability to enrich uranium.”
“We have a cold war with Iran,” Bennett says. “For the last 30 years Iran positioned around us to distract us.
Israel is making no secret of having updated its strike plans against Iran’s nuclear installations. Bennett is promising to do whatever is necessary to neutralize this threat. His plan is to outspend Iran. This model is similar to President Ronald Reagan's strategy of bankrupting the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War.