“Even Ben Gvir is better” than “Netanyahu [who] is an extremist and a criminal but clever. Like the devil”

Syrian commentator Husam Taleb: "Whoever will come [after will be] better than –[Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu. Even [Israeli Minister of Defense] Katz. [Israeli Minister of National Security] Ben Gvir is better than Netanyahu, imagine that. Ben Gvir is better than Netanyahu. Ben Gvir is at least a mindless extremist, a fool, but [Netanyahu] is an extremist and a criminal but clever. Like the devil, woe to us."

[Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals – Damascus, Dec. 7, 2025]