Middle East Monitor / September 2, 2024
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, yesterday renewed his calling for Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli detention to be killed and for imposing new movement restrictions on Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank.
In a post on X, Ben-Gvir called for the deployment of additional military checkpoints across the occupied West Bank and for the introduction of the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners.
He stated that the right of Israelis to live is more important than the freedom of movement for Palestinians residents of the occupied West Bank.
The far-right minister also urged for the cessation of movement on West Bank roads, the installation of checkpoints across the occupied territory and the imposition of the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners.
Additionally, Ben-Gvir advocated for the occupation of more Palestinian land and the establishment of an illegal Jewish-only settlement in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli minister accused the Palestinian Authority of being “terroristic”, claiming that it “incites terrorism, pays salaries to those who kill Jews,” and that its police officers “engage in terrorism.”
