Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett explains why the attack in Damascus will not lead to escalation – and what else the future holds for the region.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria regarding the decision to attack the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

“Iran is an octopus of terror. Its head is in Tehran, and then it sends its tentacles all around Israel and the Middle East. In Lebanon they have Hezbollah, in Gaza they have Islamic Jihad and Hamas, they have the Houthis, and they’ve been pounding Israel using their arms while their head was sort of immune. The age of immunity for Iran’s head is over. It doesn’t make sense to keep on fighting just these arms while letting Iran itself get away.’’

Bennett did not believe the attack would bring any further escalation to the region. ‘’Iran is already at war against Israel, as of October 7th, but they’ve not been on the receiving side. This sort of move is the right approach, but needs to be done in a persistent way, because it turns out that Iranian leadership does not want to pay for itself. They send their proxies, but when it’s Iranian lives at stake, suddenly they become much more timid. Even Hezbollah has been fairly cautious – Nasrallah wished Hamas well but it was clear he was not going to help them in any way. He understands that if he were to enter war on behalf of Iran against Israel the people who would pay the price are the Lebanese. He would become the destroyer of Lebanon if he were to go to war with Israel.”

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