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- Zionist minister threatens to nuke Gaza - Keith-264 November 5, 2023, 1:27 pm
Posted by Fionn
on November 5, 2023, 6:15 pm, in reply to "Zionist minister threatens to nuke Gaza"
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It'd be much better if Zionists just feck off to Florida. https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2023/1105/1414757-israel-minister/ An Israeli minister has been suspended from government meetings "until further notice", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said, after suggesting in an interview dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza, and saying Palestinians should "go to Ireland or the desert". The comments by Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu advocating a fierce military response to Hamas's 7 October attacks even at the cost of the lives of hostages believed to be held in Gaza also drew rebuke from families of the captives. Mr Eliyahu, an ultranationalist politician part of Mr Netnayahu's ruling coalition, told Israel's Kol Barama radio he was not entirely satisfied with the scale of Israel's retaliation in the Palestinian territory after Hamas fighters carried out their deadly attacks inside southern Israel. The attacks killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, Israeli officials say. Israel's military campaign in Gaza since 7 October has killed 9,488 people, most of them women and children, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Benjamin Netanyahu's office describing Mr Eliyahu's remarks as 'disconnected from reality' When the interviewer asked whether the Israeli minister advocated dropping "some kind of atomic bomb" on the Gaza Strip "to kill everyone", Mr Eliyahu replied: "That's one option". The Times of Israel also quoted Mr Eliyahu as saying: "They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves," when asked about the fate of the Palestinian population. Mr Netanyahu's office quickly responded in a statement, describing Mr Eliyahu's remarks as "disconnected from reality" and adding that Israel was trying to spare "non-combatants" in Gaza. Neither Mr Eliyahu or his party leader are in the streamlined ministerial forum running the Gaza war. Neither would they have inside knowledge of Israel's nuclear capabilities - which it does not publicly acknowledge - or the power to activate them. "Eliyahu's statements are not based in reality. Israel and the IDF (military) are operating in accordance with the highest standards of international law to avoid harming innocents. We will continue to do so until our victory," Mr Netanyahu's office said. In a follow-up question about the estimated 240 hostages held in Gaza, Mr Eliyahu said that "in war we pay a price." "Why are the lives of the hostages... more important than the lives of the soldiers?" he said. The Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, representing relatives of people taken to Gaza by Hamas militants, slammed Mr Eliyahu's "reckless and cruel" statement. "International law, along with fundamental principles of human morality and common sense, strictly prohibits the use of mass destruction weapons," it said in a statement, calling for the release of all the hostages. Benny Gantz, a centrist ex-general who joined the conservative Mr Netanyahu from the opposition in the streamlined war cabinet, said Mr Eliyahu's remarks had been damaging "and, even worse, added to the pain of the hostages' families at home". Following the outcry over his remarks, Mr Eliyahu said in a post on X, that his statement about the atomic bomb was "metaphorical". He also said that Israel was "committed to doing everything possible to return the hostages safe and sound". But he added: "A strong and disproportionate response to terrorism is definitely required, which will clarify to the Nazis and their supporters that terrorism is not worthwhile." A spokesperson for Hamas said Mr Eliyahu represented the "unprecedented criminal Israeli terrorism (that) constitutes a danger to the entire region and the world". |
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