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In a new documentary, Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich detailed his desire to conquer not only all Palestinian territory to the Jordan River but also the Syrian capital of Damascus and territories extending as far as Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Smotrich, the Finance Minister in the Israeli cabinet and head of the Religious Zionism party, made the comments in a recently released documentary entitled Israel: Extremists in Power. The documentary was produced by Arte Reportage, a Franco-German broadcast news magazine.

When asked about his goal, Smotrich tells the interviewer,

“I want a Jewish state … It is a country run according to the values of the Jewish people.”

The interviewer then asked Smotrich whether he thought the borders of the Jewish state should extend past the Jordan River. Smotrich responded by saying,

“Absolutely, but slowly … Our great religious elders used to say that the future of Jerusalem was to extend as far as Damascus.”

The documentary narrator then added,

“Bezalel Smotrich has a maximalist vision of the promised land. And it includes all Palestinian lands, but also territories in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. Even in Saudi Arabia. A radical vision admittedly, but one that is accepted in public debate in Israel.”

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[-] Staines@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

I think you're wrong.

Looking at the tactics used in the past year, I believe the entity would rather sweep and ethnically cleanse all civilians out of areas they wish to control. They have no desire to compound their current demographic issues. Israel would demolish every building and murder or deport every person in their new lebensraum.

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

It would certainly be a problem that they would trial many solutions to before they came to a final one.

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

You’re right they’d want that, but it would also be biting off way more than they can chew. They’d turn the entirety of the region against them, Russia would probably get involved to stabilize things, and while America’s tolerance for Israeli shenanigans is huge, invading an ally like Saudi Arabia would break that.

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