The Lebanese and Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper, Al Akhbar, mocked Minister Ayoob Kara (Likud) Monday, over comments he made last week in which he referenced a robot "that will eliminate the heads of Hamas and Hezbollah" without endangering soldiers in hostile territories.
Ridiculing Ayoob, the newspaper noted "The Israeli minister without portfolio, Ayoob Kara, has found the portfolio he was looking for: 'Minister of Science Fiction.'"
In the article written by Yahya Dabouq, the Israeli Affairs correspondent, Dabouq sardonically added, "Tel Aviv's objective, killing its number one enemy, the Secretary General of the organization (Hezbollah), Hassan Nasrallah, is within reach. The solution, according to Kara, is the American movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Killer Robot.'"
The newspaper's snarky remarks come in response to an interview Kara gave last week at a Be'er Sheva cultural event in which he made the comments.
Kara's comments were mentioned throughout the Arab media, however they were conspicuously absent from Hezbollah's media arm, Al-Manar.