3 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Aug 16
Summary
Italy's foreign minister condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir after the Israeli minister said Israel should kill 30 to 40 Gazans every night and backed executing prisoners.
On the podcast, Ben-Gvir said Gazans he deemed uninvolved were not exempt, called for renewed Israeli settlements across Gaza and urged encouraging Palestinian emigration.
Rom Braslavski, a former hostage who hosted the interview, said he wanted to personally execute captured militants; Ben-Gvir replied he would do everything in his power to make that possible.
Ben-Gvir also said Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails now get only the bare minimum, and argued peace groups such as Peace Now and Standing Together should be outlawed.
The remarks deepen scrutiny of a far-right minister who sits in Benjamin Netanyahu's government and security cabinet and has repeatedly pressed for harsher action in Gaza.