Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich revealed Thursday night details of a conversation he held with U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff shortly after Witkoff’s appointment to the role.

Smotrich said the meeting took place together with then-Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, one day after Witkoff visited the Gaza border area and viewed footage documenting the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas attack. According to Smotrich, Witkoff was visibly shaken by what he saw and told him, “Bezalel, I will not let two million Nazis live next to your children along the border fence.”

Addressing Israel’s security policy in Gaza and Lebanon, Smotrich added, “There is only one thing that hurts the enemy — land,” and called for the establishment of a long-term security buffer zone along the Lebanese border.

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