By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has supported a two-state solution, said the October 7th massacre was a “wake up call.”
Speaking at the Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to journalist Fareed Zakaria on Tuesday, Herzog said, “The idea of the two-state solution is something which, on record, I supported in the past, many times.
“But I would say that I had a wake-up call following Oct. 7, in the sense that I want to hear my neighbors say how much they object, regret, condemn, and do not accept in any way the terrible tragedy of the terror attack of Oct. 7 and the fact that terror cannot be the tool to get there.”
Zakaria began the interview by asking: “It seems to me that Israel’s situation today is utterly transformed. Hamas is in very bad shape… Hezbollah has been substantially weakened, Iran – it’s air defenses have been essentially neutralized, its capacity to make weaponry has been significantly impeded. When you look at all that, do you view it as an opportunity for Israel?”
The president responded by saying that “clearly, the situation poses a great opportunity for the world at large, especially the free world, because the source of evil that emanates and covers us all starts with terror, especially with Iranian-instigated terror. This is the strategic issue above everything. Each proxy you deal with” is supported by Iran….
“I have news for you and the entire universe,” Herzog continued. Iran “is working day and night even now, rather than soul-searching…they are continuing endlessly, rushing towards the [nuclear] bomb” and planning terror attacks around the world.
Although Herzog said the Palestinians “deserve” peace, he added that in the post-October 7th reality, Israelis are less likely to make concessions needed to establish a Palestinian state.
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