Israeli far-right minister Ben Gvir's party quits ruling coalition
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's party announced on Sunday it was leaving Israel's ruling coalition in protest at what it called the "scandalous" ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
In a statement, Jewish Power called the ceasefire deal a "capitulation to Hamas" and denounced what it called the "release of hundreds of murderers" and the "renouncing of the (Israeli military's) achievements in the war" in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retains a slim majority in the Israeli parliament despite their resignation.
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President Donald Trump’s pick to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations ...Stefanik was definitive when asked if she shared the view of far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir that Israel has a “biblical right to the entire West Bank”.
“Yes,” she replied during the exchange with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen.
When pushed if she supported self-determination for Palestinians, Stefanik sidestepped the question.
“I believe the Palestinian people deserve so much better than the failures that they’ve had from terrorist leaders,” she said. “Of course, they deserve human rights.”(Al Jazeera)
