Iran and proxies responsible for IMEEC delay, says Israel minister – Times of India
Amid concerns in India and elsewhere about the future of the India-Middle-East-Europe Economic Corridor, Israel’s visiting minister of economy and senior leader of the ruling Likud party, Nir Barkat, hit out at Iran and its “jihadi proxies” for working to destroy businesses in the West Asia region and said Israel won’t stop in Gaza till it achieves its twin goals – release of hostages and end of Hamas. Barkat spoke to TOI’s Sachin Parashar about the West Asia situation and related issues. Excerpts:How confident are you that the ceasefire with Lebanon will hold, given that both sides are already accusing each other of violating it?Hezbollah joined the war unfortunately and fired 25,000 rockets at Israel since October 8 last year. This was unacceptable to Israel. It became important to disma...