Far-right Otzma Yehudit leader says over the past year 'we managed to prevent this deal from going ahead, time after time'; Religious Zionism party said set to meet Netanyahu The post Ben Gvir says he repeatedly foiled hostage deals,

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to join forces in opposing the emerging hostage deal.

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Gvir did not announce that his party would leave the government if the deal goes through. Ben-Gvir applied “political pressure” on members of Smotrich’s party on Tuesday to make a joint public threat that both parties would leave the government.

Bereaved families write to Ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich, demanding an emergency meeting and calling on them to resign from the government in the wake of the deal that will see the release of terrorists.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an offer to Religious Zionist Chairman Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir, in exchange for their consent to stay in the government.

"In the past year, through our political power, we succeeded in preventing this deal from moving forward, time and time again," he noted.

Right-wing leaders Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are against any deal with Hamas but Netanyahu has to consider the international pressure to sign the pact

An illustrative image of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST/Yonatan Zindel/Flash90 ...

“The deal that will be presented to the government is both bad and dangerous for Israel’s national security," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ... Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir applied pressure ...

"The deal fails to secure the release of all the hostages and seals the fate of those not included in the deal, condemning them to death."

Israel's hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday he would resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government if it ratifies the ceasefire deal in Gaza, which he has strongly opposed.