Israel Leaders
Updated 2024-02-25
2024-02-04 Wanting to Starve Gaza – Lieberman’s Vision for Palestinians in Strip, West Bank Catastrophic The leader of Israel’s right-wing opposition Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Lieberman has called for Egypt to control the Gaza Strip and for Israel and Jordan to share responsibility for the West Bank. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Friday, Lieberman “laid out his vision of how Israel’s borders would look without a Palestinian state.” Lieberman also said “We understand that this idea of a two-state solution (to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) has died. It does not exist.”
He also believes that Israel should not be providing Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, arguing that it robs the government of an important pressure lever to ensure the return of the hostages, the report states. “We lost all our leverage. If they have everything, food, fuel, and water, how can you pressure them?” he said. “All the humanitarian assistance strengthens Hamas,” Liberman said, while also calling for the Kerem Shalom crossing to be closed.
The paper further reports that Lieberman believes that Netanyahu should resign and should have done so already. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/wanting-to-starve-gaza-liebermans-vision-for-palestinians-in-strip-west-bank-catastrophic/
2024-02-04 ‘If Trump Was President’ – Ben-Gvir’s Comments to WSJ Stirs New Controversy in Israel Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir told the Wall Street Journal that he would oppose any deal with Hamas and that Israel would get more support if Trump was in power.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Ben-Gvir as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu “is at a crossroads,” and that “he has to choose in what direction he’ll go.” Israel considers any form of Palestinian Resistance to the Israeli occupation a form of terrorism.
The far-right Israeli minister also criticized US President Joe Biden, saying that “instead of giving us his full backing, Biden is busy with giving humanitarian aid and fuel (to Gaza), which goes to Hamas”. Ben-Gvir added that “if Trump was in power, the US conduct would be completely different.” https://www.palestinechronicle.com/if-trump-was-president-ben-gvirs-comments-to-wsj-stirs-new-controversy-in-israel/
2023-1-20 Unusually hostile BBC HardTalk interview of Bennett on Gaza War [MEK Note: December 20th and neither Bennett and BB Fmr. Prime minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett to BBC (20/12/23) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=togLIOLYxT0
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