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Shkruar nga PamfletiIsrael's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stated that his party will withdraw from Israel's governing coalition if an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal are reached.
" This deal teaches them (Hamas) that they can take hostages and attack, and at the end of the day, they can get what they want ," he said at a press conference on Thursday.
Ben Gvir, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, threatened to resign earlier this week over the deal. He has also called on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to join him. Smotrich is a member of another far-right party, the Religious Zionist Party.
Even Amichai Chikli, Minister of Diaspora and Combating Anti-Semitism, the top member of the Likud party, threatens to leave if an agreement is reached.
The minister cited Israel's withdrawal from the Philadelphia Corridor, the narrow strip of land along the Egypt-Gaza border, as the main reason behind his announcement. The corridor has proven to be a sticking point in ceasefire negotiations.
" I hereby undertake that if, God forbid, there is a withdrawal from the Philadelphia Axis (before the war goals are achieved), or if we do not return to fighting to fulfill the war goals – I will resign from my position as a government minister ," Çikli said in a post on social media on Thursday.
The Israeli cabinet is scheduled to meet on Friday morning to approve the ceasefire agreement and the release of the hostages, according to an Israeli official.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs the support of both parties in parliament to keep his coalition from collapsing.
If Ben Gvir's party, with its six legislative seats, leaves the governing coalition, Netanyahu still holds a narrow majority. But if Smotrich's party also withdraws its seven seats from the coalition, it will topple Netanyahu's government.
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