Mofaz: Hizbullah is an Iranian Threat and We Are Ready for Any ‘Test’

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Israeli Knesset Shaul Mofaz described Hizbullah is an Iranian threat towards the entire region.

He told the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper that Iran threatens the region, especially the pragmatic Sunni Arab states, through its nuclear program.

It also heads the radical axis in the region and Hizbullah, he added.

Mofaz stressed: “The party has already controlled Lebanon and it is affecting its parliament.”

The Israeli official said that Hizbullah is stronger than the Lebanese army, saying that it “is a terrorist organization that has seized the state through the support of the great Iranian radical state.”

He emphasized that Israel has the “right response” to face Hizbullah if it wanted to “test Israel.”

Addressing Sunday’s Nakba Day clashes at Maroun al-Ras in the South and the Golan Heights, Mofaz accused Syria of being behind the unrest, saying: “The Syrians and President Bashar Assad tried to divert attention away from what is happening inside Syria.”