It took me by surprise to see the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Georgia attending the funeral service of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other officials. It was surprising, - Israel's Ambassador to Georgia, Hadas Meitzad, said in an exclusive interview with InterPressNews.

“Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran) were two people who have a lot of blood on their hands: Israeli, Jewish, Western, Middle Eastern. These two individuals President and Foreign Minister have been the ones shaping, coming up with a policy and to deliver the execution of establishing, creating, financing, equipment, training, brutal terror organization all through the Middle East. As patrons of Hamas, they carry direct responsibility to the acts of genocide that was carried out by Hamas on October 7, because if it is them who equip Hamas with the weapons and train them how to use them, then they are part of it. Raisi's nickname in Tehran by his so-called own people is “the Butcher from Tehran”. This is the man that we are talking about. Of course, we cannot overlook the past attempts by Iran to carry out a terror attacks on Georgian soil. We have seen who attended it, we have seen the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah. It took me by surprise to see the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Georgia attending this event. It was surprising”, said the Ambassador.

As for the difficult political situation in Georgia, the Ambassador of Israel believes that the Georgian people should express their position in the elections. According to her, the best way to influence the present and future of the country is to go to the elections and vote.

“I think that for every democratic country, election is one of the most important days. I think that if you're interested in influencing your country’s, your state’s, present and future, voting is a leading way of doing so. At the end of the day, democratic countries are not only about elections, but definitely a big weight of what defines us as a democratic states is the election, the day when the will of the people should be reflected in a very clear way. If you want to change something, vote. Or if you want to keep something as it is, vote”, said the Ambassador.