{"id":2616275,"date":"2026-06-19T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-calls-israel-genocidal-death-cult-only-interested-in-permanent-war\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:55:58","slug":"iran-calls-israel-genocidal-death-cult-only-interested-in-permanent-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-calls-israel-genocidal-death-cult-only-interested-in-permanent-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran calls Israel &#8216;genocidal death cult&#8217; only interested in &#8216;permanent war&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-calls-israel-genocidal-death-cult-only-interested-in-permanent-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616275&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent developments in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict have complicated ongoing peace negotiations. Israeli leaders have made aggressive statements,including calls that &#8220;all of Lebanon must burn,&#8221; which undermine efforts toward a ceasefire. despite a fragile ceasefire that was reportedly mediated by the US, Iran, and Qatar, escalating violence continues, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging strikes. Israeli ultranationalist officials like National Security Minister itamar Ben-Gvir have expressed a vehement stance on military action, emphasizing the need to crush terrorism and risking further tensions. Opponents, including Iranian officials, criticize these hardline policies, accusing Israel of seeking permanent war. Simultaneously occurring, some U.S. figures, such as Senator JD Vance, criticize Israel&#8217;s ultranationalist ministers for lacking constructive peace proposals and remind that U.S. military support remains vital for Israel\u2019s security.The situation remains tense, with recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon threatening to undermine peace efforts and potentially jeopardize regional stability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli leaders\u2019 statements demanding that \u201call of Lebanon must burn\u201d have become an unwelcome complication to peace negotiations as a ceasefire between the Israeli militia and Hezbollah begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel and Hezbollah, two parties that did not sign on to the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4616231\/trump-declares-iran-finished-reports-strait-of-hormuz-closed-again\/\">exchanged strikes<\/a> on Friday. Ultranationalist leaders in Israel, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have poured gasoline on the fire by opposing any deal that would restrict Israeli military operations against Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4616231\/trump-declares-iran-finished-reports-strait-of-hormuz-closed-again\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump declares Iran is \u2018FINISHED\u2019 amid conflicting information Strait of Hormuz has been closed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4616209\/new-israeli-strikes-lebanon-key-elements-iran-peace-deal-risk\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Israeli strikes in Lebanon put key elements of Iran peace deal at risk<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4616177\/meloni-claps-back-her-deputy-minister-cancels-trip-us-after-trump-begged-photo\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Meloni claps back, and her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >deputy minister cancels trip<\/a> to US after Trump says she \u2018begged\u2019 for photo<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit,\u201d Ben-Gvir <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itamarbengvir\/status\/2067865510281170957\">said in a statement<\/a> on Friday. \u201cAll of Lebanon must burn. Our supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF, and this commitment takes precedence over every other consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) arrives at the site of a suspected shooting attack in the town of Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel close to the occupied West Bank on June 7, 2026. (Photo by Jack GUEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/06\/localimages\/GettyImages-2279680262_aefbef.jpg?w=594&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) arrives at the site of a suspected shooting attack in the town of Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel close to the occupied West Bank on June 7, 2026. One person was killed and four others wounded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-leaders-refuse-to-support-us-iran-deal-citing-dismantling-hezbollah-aim\/\" title=\"... refuse to support US-... deal, citing &#039;dismantling&#039; ... aim\">multiple suspected shooting attacks<\/a> in Israel on June 7, rescuers and the army said. (Photo by Jack GUEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister seemed to be reacting to an Israeli report that four soldiers had been killed in the south of Lebanon on Thursday when their tank was struck during a combat operation outside Kfar Tebnit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI told the Prime Minister, even in our private meetings: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep,\u201d he said. \u201cEnough with the ping-pong. In the Middle East, you don\u2019t win with measured responses and restraint\u2014you need to go berserk. To obliterate. To crush the terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/2067946325069504513\">said<\/a> Ben-Gvir\u2019s comments showed that Israel\u2019s \u201conly interest is permanent war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a rant by a random genocidal lunatic. It\u2019s a public post by the national security minister of the Israeli regime,\u201d said Araghchi. \u201cThe genocidal death cult headquartered in Tel Aviv is a threat to all of humanity. It threatens all humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4614791\/jd-vance-lambastes-israeli-criticism-trump-iran-deal\/\">JD Vance has escalated criticism<\/a> of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Cabinet, arguing that the ultranationalist ministers do not have a coherent counterproposal to peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ve seen people in their system, Ben-Gvir and [Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich, who\u2019ve attacked the deal. And I guess,\u201d Vance said in an interview with the <em>New York Times<\/em>, \u201cmy response to them would be: What is your exact proposal? You\u2019re a country of 9 million people. You can\u2019t just kill your way out of solving every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-blasts-israeli-officials-over-iran-you-cant-just-kill-your-way-out\/\" title=\"Vance blasts ...i officials over ...: &#039;You can&#039;t just kill your way out&#039;\">single national security problem<\/a> that you have.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president said at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4614647\/jd-vance-tells-gop-critics-iran-deal-trust-process\/\">Thursday press conference<\/a> in the White House briefing room that Israel owes Trump gratitude, since the president is \u201cthe only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo some of these Cabinet members in Israel who are attacking the president of the United States, the other thing that I would say is that over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump, and anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4616209\/new-israeli-strikes-lebanon-key-elements-iran-peace-deal-risk\/\">NEW ISRAELI STRIKES IN LEBANON PUT KEY ELEMENTS OF IRAN PEACE DEAL AT RISK<br \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>As quickly as violence broke out, peace now seems to be agreed upon as Israel and Hezbollah reportedly signed a ceasefire of their own on Friday afternoon local time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal was reportedly mediated by the U.S., Iran, and Qatar. Israeli militia spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/idf-insists-israel-retains-full-freedom-of-action-in-south-lebanon-as-new-truce-takes-force\/\">asserted<\/a> that the military retains \u201cfull freedom of action\u201d to act in Lebanon and \u201cremove threats in any area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHezbollah is the one that violated the ceasefire,\u201d Defrin said. \u201cIt is trying to defend the capabilities it built over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli leaders\u2019 fiery remarks hinder Lebanon ceasefire efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2616276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279680262_aefbef.jpg?w=594","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5912,3823,4671,32219,37408],"class_list":["post-2616275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-genocide","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-political-rhetoric"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279680262_aefbef.jpg?w=594","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616279,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616275\/revisions\/2616279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2616276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}