US slams Israeli ministers’ ‘inflammatory’ calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

Jan 2, 2024

Right-wing Knesset members Itamar Ben-Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich, attend a special session at the Knesset Israel's parliament to approve and swear in a new right-wing government in Jerusalem on Dec. 29, 2022.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, during a media briefing ahead of a vote on the national budget, on May 23, 2023, at the parliament in Jerusalem. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ben-Gvir: 'I will be very happy to live' in Israeli-occupied Gaza after war

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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Will Israel's far right topple government over Biden's Gaza proposal?

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Israelis stand next to a poster with the portraits of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a protest against the government's controversial justice reform bill in Tel Aviv on March 4, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

In a snub, US does not invite Israel’s Ben-Gvir, Smotrich to July 4 reception

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (C) speaks during a ceremony for Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the military cemetery in Beersheba on April 25, 2023. - Israel marks Remembrance Day to commemorate 24,213 fallen soldiers and victims of attacks recorded since 1860 by the Ministry of Defence, just before the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of its creation according to the Jewish calendar. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP vi

EU cancels Israel's Europe Day reception over Ben-Gvir participation

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs