Herzog asks international community to bring calm to Middle East by stopping Iran

Receiving the credentials of new ambassadors, President Isaac Herzog calls for the international community to bring about calm in the region by stopping Iran.

“We are being challenged by an empire of evil emanating from Tehran, and therefore we are fighting,” Herzog tells the ambassadors of Sweden, Slovakia, Belgium, Switzerland, and Papua New Guinea.

Herzog says that IDF troops are in Lebanon “to change the equation and enable a better life, first of all for Israeli citizens on the border, to enable them to come back home.”

“And secondly, of course, I think that there offers an opportunity to the people of Lebanon to have a better future without the oppression of Hezbollah,” he continues. “And most importantly, it calls for the international community to be extremely proactive in blocking the aspirations of Iran to derail the region and enable a better future for our region.”

Herzog urges the international community “to bring calm to our border with Lebanon, to enable our citizens to go back home, to bring a better future for the people of Lebanon, and bring our hostages back home. And this is our call to the international community.”