Iran does not expect Israeli foreign and security policy to change under its new government, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday, according to the Islamic republic's ISNA news agency.
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The Israeli parliament ended Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime minister on Sunday, installing a center-Left coalition headed by Naftali Bennett.
"Iran's enemies are gone and powerful Iran is still here. I don't think Israel's policies will change with the new government," Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
The shadow war between longtime foes Iran and Israel has been sporadically surfacing on the global state over the past few years. Iran, which often threatens to destroy Isreal, employs mostly its proxies in the Middle East – mainly Lebanon-based Hezbollah and the Gaza-based Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups – to target the Jewish state.
Foreign media reports ofter attribute mysterious incidents in Iran, especially those involving sophisticated attacks – be they cyber or otherwise – on Iran's nuclear program to Israel, which views it as an existential threat.
Last week, former Mossad intelligence agency Director Yossi Cohen hinted that Israel was behind recent attacks targeting Iran's nuclear ambitions.
In response, Iran accused Israel of "lawless" conduct, saying that any such conduct constitutes "madness that must not be tolerated," and adding that Cohen's comments reflect Israel's long-standing strategy of "criminal sabotage."
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