Israel loves President Trump, but “the security of Israeli citizens comes first,” the country’s far-right national security minister said Monday.
“We love President Trump but first and foremost – Israeli soldiers, our fighters, our residents, the security of Israeli citizens comes first,” Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a statement.
“No more daredevil ceasefire,” he added.
Ben-Gvir, who has been sanctioned by the U.K., Canada, Australia and several other countries for inciting violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, said the deaths of Israeli soldiers taking part in operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon last week showed “the containment policy failed.”
He criticized “years of measured
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