“There will be no choice but to overthrow Hamas. They are essentially Iranian offshoots sitting within us. It’s intolerable that Israel allows its cities to be fired upon; we must move from a war of attrition to a war of decisivness,” said Opposition Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday in a meeting with local journalists in Netivot as he addressed Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza.
“This is a result of the government's blindness and erroneous political decisions, which led to the strengthening of the Hizbullah in the North,” added Netanyah.
Netanyahu also discussed the situation in southern Israel, saying that there was no room in so small a nation for any part to be disregarded as simply 'the periphery.'
"We will make sure this happens and it will prove beneficiary to the Negev and its underprivileged residents in particular.”
Netanyahu confirmed the Likud has decided to conserve its funds for a time of national elections rather than the upcoming municipal ones, saying he prefers one more Knesset member to one more councilmember in any given community.
Ze'ev Trachtman contributed to this report