Itamar Ben-Gvir
Foggy Bottom had released a sharply worded statement accusing Israel of reneging on an agreement between Sharon and George W. Bush, without noting the Obama administration also ignored it.
Washington also slammed Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site.
Israel’s national security minister also reiterated his call not to cut funding to the Negev and Galilee.
The Otzma Yehudit MKs protested budget cuts to the Galilee and Negev regions.
The Israeli minister praised the targeted killing of Islamic Jihad leaders, called for offensive against terrorists in Judea and Samaria.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s party reverses course after the elimination of three top Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza.
“We do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the European Union stands for,” the E.U. Embassy to Israel said.
Bloc’s members may boycott the Israeli national security minister.
The transfer of terrorists’ bodies to the Palestinians and the release of a Jordanian MP caught smuggling weapons are “unacceptable,” says Israel’s national security minister.
The national security minister called the decision “a grave mistake that will cost us dearly.”
“There will be a policy here of a right-wing government” or Otzma Yehudit will boycott Knesset votes, Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
Otzma Yehudit MKs are instead meeting in the southern city of Sderot.
