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Bennett Vows to Strike Iran if Hezbollah Fires and to Draft All Haredi Men

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Naftali Bennett delivering a security-doctrine speech: a bald man in a black short-sleeved shirt stands behind a wooden lectern at the centre-right of the frame, leaning slightly forward and jabbing his index finger straight toward the viewer as he speaks into two slim microphones angled up from the lectern, an Israeli flag with its blue Star of David hangs on a stand at the left edge, and a patterned conference backdrop of repeating emblems and letteri

Naftali Bennett set out his security doctrine on Wednesday at the Israel Security Doctrine Conference, declaring that if Hezbollah fires on Israel his government would strike Iran. He said the IDF is short 20,000 soldiers while 100,000 healthy young Haredi men do not serve, and pledged to draft everyone with no exemptions and no arrangements. On Gaza, Bennett said Israel would not move a millimeter from the yellow line until Hamas fully disarms and the weapons leave the Strip. He called for removing Qatar and Turkey from Gaza and bringing in Egypt, describing Qatar as an enemy state that financed the October 7 massacre.

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