Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman says it’s “time to go all the way” in Gaza, and topple Hamas.
“After three military campaigns — Operations Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense and Protective Edge — it’s time to go all the way in the Gaza Strip. We cannot allow Hamas to continue ruling,” he tells Channel 2.
Liberman says that the Israeli government is focused on “stage one” — that is stopping the rocket fire from Gaza — and that the next stop will come, intimating a ground operation.
“We are considering all the options,” says Liberman, echoing earlier statements made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hamas is a terror organization that has become a terror state and “no country can allow that,” he says.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks with the press before entering the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, June 1, 2014. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash 90)
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