Itamar Ben Gvir and his Jewish Power party have agreed to rejoin the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the resumption of large-scale Israeli bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip and the mass slaughter of Palestinians.
Ben Gvir resigned from his post as national security minister in response to the Gaza ceasefire deal.
“We welcome the return of the State of Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to intense fighting,” Ben Gvir wrote on X. “As we said in recent months when we withdrew: Israel must return to fighting in Gaza: this is the right, moral, ethical and most justified step in order to destroy the terrorist organization Hamas and return our hostages.”
According to Haaretz, the Israeli cabinet is set to approve Ben Gvir’s return to the government on Tuesday, and the Knesset is expected to approve it on Wednesday.
Ben Gvir is one of the most extreme Israeli politicians and is an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the establishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza. “I will be very happy to live in Gaza,” Ben Gvir said in an interview last year when discussing the potential of settling the territory.
Israel’s massive bombing campaign in Gaza comes over two weeks after Israel imposed a total blockade on all goods entering the Gaza Strip. Ben Gvir welcomed the move and called for the Israeli military to bomb aid stockpiles inside the territory.
“The government must also order the bombing of the aid stockpiles that have accumulated in Gaza in enormous quantities during and before the ceasefire, alongside a complete halt of electricity and water,” Ben Gvir said.
