❌ Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich on the Islamic Republic of Iran:

We must remember that our ultimate goal in this campaign — and this is not necessarily shared with the United States — is to weaken the Iranian regime to the point of its collapse.

We cannot live under a regime that openly works toward the destruction of the Israeli state, declares this publicly, and takes concrete actions to make it happen.

At this moment, the best way to bring about the regime’s collapse is through economic methods — simply crushing it economically.

In that sense, this campaign and Trump’s renewed pressure on the Strait of Hormuz serve that goal.