The latest episode of the Stakelbeck on Terror show is a special featuring an extended version of my recent, wide-ranging interview with Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon–the second highest ranking member of the Israeli government. Some highlights from our talk, in which Yaalon pulls no punches:
- On Hezbollah storing rockets in homes in southern Lebanon: “Those who are going to sleep with rockets might wake up with our missiles.” (20:46 in).
- On the theory of “linkage” between the Iran issue and the Israel/Palestinian conflict: “This is a very dangerous and false conception: this is a misconception. These is not any linkage whatsoever between the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the Iranian revolution.” (6:00 in).
- On Iran’s ultimate goal: “[Israel is] only the minor Satan. America is the great Satan. What is America? It is the West, led by the United States. Their aim is to wipe Israel off the face of the map on their way to defeating America.” (5:10 in).
- On the recent murders of the Fogel family in Samaria by Palestinian terrorists (8:52 in).
- On the radical Muslim Brotherhood’s rise in Egypt: “I can’t speak about moderate Muslim Brotherhood elements. No way.” (13:30 in).
- On the international push, led by the Palestinian Authority, to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state: ” To force such a move on Israel will be a disaster not just for the state of Israel, but for the West as well.” (22:34)
- Yaalon on what Israel means to him (stirring stuff, 27:00 in)