Likud minister says Iran ceasefire a ‘mistake,’ gives it ‘50% chance’ of lasting

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, a member of the ruling Likud party, says it was a “mistake” to have a ceasefire with Iran and doubts the pause in fighting will last, in an interview with 103FM radio.

“I think it was a mistake to go to a ceasefire at this time. Countries like these, the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany, you need to bring them to their knees,” Chikli says.

He gives a “50% chance” of the ceasefire lasting.

However, he praises the achievements of the war and says the only people who are saying Israel lost are “left-wing commentators in the United States and Israel, and the remnants of the Revolutionary Guards.”

“Iran lost its status as a regional power,” Chikli insists, adding that its Axis of Resistance has “collapsed.”

“I look at whether we brought about massive achievements, whether we created a new reality in the north, on the border with Gaza, in the Middle East? The answer is yes, yes, and yes.”