The negotiations with the radical Islamic Hamas will be a test for the Israeli government. Right-wing extremist parts of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government reject excessive concessions. Now Human Settlements Minister Orit Strock has sparked outrage.
Israel’s war aims should not be sacrificed for the return of a small number of hostages, the 64-year-old told Israeli army radio on Wednesday. “Soldiers were sent into battle for these war purposes, some of these soldiers did not return,” said the politician from the Religious Zionism party.
According to media reports, the latest proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza war calls for the release of 33 hostages in exchange for several hundred Palestinian prisoners. There was even talk of a one-year ceasefire. Strock spoke of a “terrible deal” that also endangered the hostages who were not part of it.
Cabinet members threaten to end the government
You cannot “throw the war goals in the trash to save 22 or 33 people now.” A government that approves such a deal has ‘no right to exist’. Other right-wing extremist ministers had also threatened to end the government in the event of a hostage situation and a cancellation of the offensive in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Source: Krone
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