Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich on Iran: We must remember that our ultimate objective in this campaign—and this is not necessarily shared by the United States—is to undermine and weaken the Iranian regime to the point of its collapse. We cannot live with the existence of a regime that openly works toward the destruction of the State of Israel, declares this openly, and takes concrete steps to achieve it. At this moment, the best way to bring about the regime's collapse is through economic means—to simply crush it economically. In that sense, this campaign and President Trump's renewed pressure on the Strait of Hormuz serve that purpose.