JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to bring down the government if a “reckless” deal is reached with Hamas. “A reckless deal = the dismantlement of the [Israeli] government,” Ben-Gvir wrote on his X account. The current coalition government headed by Prime Minister Benjam...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Some Israeli government officials have condemned a conference held in Tel Aviv to push for resettling the Gaza Strip. “Those who participated, especially elected officials, didn’t learn a thing from what happened last year, about the importance of working with a wide national consensus and about solidarity in Israeli soc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s radical far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has renewed his call for displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. “After the war, we must remain in the Gaza Strip, control it, and encourage the voluntary migration of hundreds of thousands of Gazans,” Ben-Gvir told Israeli public broadcaster KAN. The f...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli opposition leader has condemned the fighting within the cabinet concerning the investigation into the events of October 7, calling it a disgrace and urging the ministers to resign. Yair Lapid’s remarks came after a heated verbal brawl during a cabinet meeting to discuss security and political affairs on...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has said that he is “very disturbed” by the Israeli government’s suggestion of mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. “Very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials’ statements on plans to transfer civilians from #Gaza to third countries,” Volker Turk said in a ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli ministers have rejected US criticism of their calls for expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said 70% of Israelis support a “humanitarian solution” for encouraging the emigration of Gazans. “Two million people [Palestinians in Gaza] wake up every mornin...
Tel Aviv (AA) – Israel’s Chief of General Staff and National Security Minister shouted at each other during a cabinet meeting, Channel 12 reported. Herzi Halevi shouted at Itamar Ben-Gvir, “Don’t threaten me,” during a weekly cabinet meeting on Monday when “the issue arose of soldiers taking control of a loudspeaker system in...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has defended the violence by illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Violence by illegal Jewish settlers “is a marginal phenomenon and there is a sharp decrease in the actions of Jews against Arabs,” Ben-Gvir said during a situation assessment meeting cited by Israeli publ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday voiced his objection to allowing Palestinian workers to return to work in Israel. “My position on the matter is known to all — the introduction of Palestinian workers from the Palestinian Authority, which supports terrorism, into the State of Isra...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel is using starvation as a “weapon of war” in Gaza by intentionally cutting people’s access to water and food, which is a war crime, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. “Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully impeding humanitarian assistance, apparently razing agric...
