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After Gaza assassination, Ben Gvir ends Netanyahu boycott

May 9, 2023

And Israeli media reported that the ‘Jewish Grandeur’ party said in a statement: “After adopting our position and moving from containment to attacking and assassinating the leaders of Islamic Jihad, we will return to vote with the government,” led by Benjamin Netanyahu.

He added that the party hopes “the assassination policy will continue to be implemented over time.”

Party leader Ben Gvir decided to boycott government and Knesset (parliament) meetings last week in protest at what he said was a “weak” reaction to rockets fired by Palestinian factions at the southern Israel after the death of the leader of the Jihad movement, Khader Adnan, in an Israeli prison on strike. He abstained from eating for 87 days to protest his administrative detention.

However, the row does not appear to be over between Netanyahu’s Likud party and Ben Gvir’s party.

Israel’s official “Kan” channel said Ben Gvir is calling for several things to restore cohesion in the coalition government, including carrying out a massive military operation in the West Bank and approving parts of the judicial amendments that have sparked widespread protests in the Jewish state. .

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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