Retired Brig. Gen. Erez Wiener, chairman of the Securityist Movement, said that the amount of weapons in Israel's Arab society exceeds the entire arsenal of the IDF, according to his statement.
Retired Brig. Gen. Erez Wiener, chairman of the Securityist Movement (Habithonistim), made the statement in a social media post Thursday night, warning that the scale of weaponry held by Arab citizens of Israel poses a strategic threat. Wiener, a former IDF colonel and prominent security commentator, has previously weighed in on Iran and the US-Iran MOU, calling for Israel to safeguard its interests. The statement adds to growing concerns over illegal arms proliferation in Arab society, a topic Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich recently described as an existential threat, as The Zioneer reported on June 19.
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