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Wednesday, 29 Nov 2023 13:54 IWST
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened to split the government if Tel Aviv did not continue its brutal aggression against the Palestinian Gaza Strip. (AP/Atef Safadi)
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Minister of National Security Israel Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened to divide the government if Tel Aviv did not restart aggression towards the Gaza Strip Palestine.
Ben-Gvir made this threat following the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militia which was extended for two days until Thursday (30/11).
“Stopping the war = destroying the government,” Ben-Gvir said in a statement on Wednesday (29/11).
Ben-Gvir and his party, Otzma Yehudit, hold six seats in the government coalition, with three ministers in the 38-member cabinet.
Quoted from Times of Israelit is predicted that the threat of Ben-Gvir’s defection will not affect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, assuming the government continues to have support from the National Unity Party led by Benny Gantz.
Ben-Gvir is also one of three ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet who strongly reject a ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Two other ministers also come from the same party as Ben-Gvir.
However, Israel still agreed to a ceasefire with Hamas last week with the help of Qatar, the United States and Egypt.
Ben-Gvir is one of the Israeli ministers who is very anti-Palestinian. He is known to be controversial because he does not hesitate to make comments that incite anger among Palestinians.
Ben-Gvir once drew criticism for casually visiting the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
He once clashed with international model Bella Hadid, who criticized his social media posts. Reporting from Al JazeeraBen-Gvir called Bella Hadid a hater of Israel and described her as a racist figure.
Ben-Gvir was also detained in 2007 for expressing racist incitement against Arabs and supporting groups considered terrorist by Israel and the United States.
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Ben-Gvir’s election created a disaster for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, quoted by Reuters.
In the current Hamas-Israel war, Ben-Gvir also made controversial decisions by pushing his Jewish supremacist agenda. This agenda loosens weapons restrictions for Israeli citizens so that they can easily own firearms to fight in the war.
Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7 has killed more than 15 thousand people, including 6,150 children and 4,000 women.
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