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,

The Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, urges Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to oppose the emerging hostage deal. "The deal is a surrender to Hamas," he declared. "Our political ...

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.

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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.

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

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.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sparked outcry Monday when he ... while calling on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to again join him in thwarting an emerging agreement.

The son of far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has been awarded land in a Jewish settlement built on the site of a demolished Bedouin village.

Israel's top general resigned on Tuesday, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Israel meanwhile

The first-stage ceasefire and hostage deal approved by Israel's cabinet on Saturday is a "complete victory for terrorism," Itamar Ben-Gvir said.

JERUSALEM: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir quit the cabinet on Sunday in protest against the ceasefire and hostage release deal it has struck with Hamas. Ben Gvir sits on the Israeli cabinet alongside two fellow Jewish Power MPs,