Israel’s national security minister, well known for his anti-Palestinian beliefs, says he’s opposed to the deal, arguing that Hamas’s approval “indicates that the army is carrying out an effective attack”.
Ben-Gvir added in a social media post that the Israeli army had to “continue fighting to subject [Hamas] to our conditions”.
The Jewish Power party leader joins his fellow far-right minister, Religious Zionist party leader Bezalel Smotrich, in opposing the deal. Both are members of Israel’s security cabinet and main government cabinet, which are meeting on Tuesday to discuss approval of the deal.
Far-right parliamentarians argued on Monday with family members of Israelis taken captive in Gaza over a bill that would see an expansion of the use of the death penalty against people convicted of killing an Israeli “to harm the state of Israel”.
Family members of the captives said the bill jeopardises the release of the captives with one man saying the backers of the bill should “stop talking about killing Arabs and start talking about saving Jews”.
The chairman of the Israeli parliament’s National Security Committee told the family members that Hamas was trying to “exploit” them.
Source: AlJazeera
