Publish date19 Jan 2025 - 16:06
Story Code : 664787

Ben Gvir’s party quits Israeli cabinet as Gaza ceasefire takes effect

The extremist Israeli minister of National Security, Itmar Ben Gvir, along with his entire party resigned from the coalition of the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Sunday morning.
Ben Gvir’s party quits Israeli cabinet as Gaza ceasefire takes effect
Itamar Ben-Gvir and his “Jewish-power” party announced on Sunday that they are leaving the coalition “in light of the approval of the reckless agreement with the Hamas.”

The party called the ceasefire agreement a “capitulation to Hamas” and the renunciation of the Israeli regime’s so-called achievements since the start of the war.

Although Jewish power said it will not try to bring down Netanyahu’s cabinet, the departure of its ministers, especially Ben-Gvir, makes Netanyahu’s coalition significantly weaker.

The party said it would be willing to return to Netanyahu’s coalition should the war eventually resume.

In a video posted to X, Ben-Gvir admitted that he and Bezalel Smotrich, another Israeli minister, used their political influence in order to prevent a ceasefire agreement from moving forward.

“If this irresponsible agreement is approved and implemented, the Jewish power party will not be part of the government and will leave it,” he said.

Ben-Gvir also said humanitarian aid and fuel, electricity, and water must be “completely stopped” from entering the war-torn Palestinian enclave.

Israel was forced to accept a ceasefire deal with Hamas on Wednesday. The agreement has been set to take effect on Sunday 06:30 GMT.
Since October 2023, the occupying regime has killed at least 46,788 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured nearly 110,450 others, in Gaza.
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