Former Israeli army chief of staff Dan Chalutz warned that a “civil war” could break out if far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir tried to implement his ideas following Israel’s upcoming election.
“The moment [Ben Gvir] tries to implement his horrible ideas, there’ll be a civil war here,” Chalutz, who served as Israel’s military chief from 2005 to 2007, told Democrat TV.
“We will never give up on fundamental rights. This person was disqualified from military service, he has many offenses to his name – I don’t know how he was allowed a handgun,” he added.
Ben Gvir – leader of the Religious Zionism party and who the Israeli army refused to draft due to his extremist activities and views – is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Polls have credited his bloc with up to 14 seats in the Knesset, which would make it the third-largest faction.
Opposition Leader Bibi Netanyahu recently said that if he were to regain his position as the Israeli premier, Ben Gvir would be a minister in his government.
Chalutz mentioned a TV interview where an 18-year-old Ben Gvir dressed up as Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli-American extremist who killed 29 Palestinians and wounded over 125 others in the West Bank city of Chevron in 1995.
Nevertheless, the firebrand politician insists that he has evolved and moderated since those days, an idea that Chalutz rejected: “He has not and will not change. What we see is what we get.” – 24 News
What is true about extremes is that one is the mirror of the other except in the case of the mirror being clear glass, as in this case.
Israel’s elite have gone woke also it seems
ISRAELI GENERALS IN POLITICS ARE BAD NEWS. THEY ALSO BETRAY THEIR COUNTRY.
Why do the secular think that the government belongs to them?