Itamar Ben-Gvir
Defense officials recommend against establishing yeshiva due to tensions in Judea and Samaria.
The warning comes amid ongoing protests against the government’s judicial reform proposal.
Israeli defense minister refuses Ben-Gvir phone call
National security minister raising questions about administrative detention of Jewish suspects in Huwara riot.
The suspect, a resident of eastern Jerusalem, was allegedly paid by terrorist groups to carry out the murder during a visit by the Israeli minister to the Temple Mount during Ramadan.
The minister’s Otzma Yehudit Party made the legislation a condition for joining the government.
Washington is “extremely concerned” by the levels of violence in Judea and Samaria and across Israel, says U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Ben-Gvir to run anti-incitement task force to counter Palestinian violence
Investigators, police officers and prosecutors will join in the effort.
“We will respond to him with a war of liberation,” their letter states.
The fatalities were identified as Yaakov Israel Paley, 6, his brother, Asher Menachem, 8, and Alter Shlomo Lederman, 20.
Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 7, 144 structures were destroyed in eastern Jerusalem and Area C of Judea and Samaria.
Meanwhile, former spy Jonathan Pollard has appealed to Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for help in acquiring a handgun license.
The structure in the Silwan neighborhood has been slated for demolition for years.
