Ben-Gvir: Defense Min, forgot he was elected by the right

National Security Minister responds to boycott of conversations with him by Minister Yoav Gallant.

Israel National News

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded Sunday morning to the claims of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that he will not speak with Ben-Gvir after the content of their previous conversations were leaked to the media.

“Gallant does not answer calls. He chooses to ignoe the senior partners in the coalition. It’s the same with the evacuation of the outpost [which was erected] in memory of Rabbi Druckman, the same with regard to the evacuation of the vineyard [in the Shiloh Valley], the same with regard to the fact that I contacted him about the fact that every night there are thousands of gunshots in Hebron, the same with the evacuation of the settlement of Evyatar and the same regarding the administrative detainees,” Ben-Gvir claimed.

He added: “Gallant conducts an independent policy within the right-wing government, but he forgets that he was elected by the votes of the right and not by the votes of the left.”

Ben-Gvir has grown increasingly frustrated with Defense Minister Gallant, whose policies he claims are not in line with a right-wing government.

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Last week, Gallant ordered two suspects in the Jewish riot in Huwara to be held in administrative detention for four months, minutes after the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered them and six other suspects released for lack of evidence.

On Friday, Ben-Gvir attempted to contact Gallant to seek a clarification on the administrative detention order, but received no response.

Kan Reshet Bet reported that Gallant has warned Ben-Gvir that he will not speak with him anymore after three of their previou conversations were leaked to the press.

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  1. Liberal fascism in action.

    “Four Jews are in administrative detention, a 30-year record: ‘A treat for the Americans’
    Atty. Adi Keidar tells INN that his clients are being punished and detained without trial and without any ability to defend themselves.

    Defense Minister Yoav Galant decided to extend the administrative detentions of two suspects of being involved in an incident in the Samaria Arab town of Huwara, despite the court ordering their release. We spoke with Atty. Adi Keidar from the Honenu legal advocacy group, who is representing the detainees, tells Israel National News that the incident is passing under the radar since “the media is completely enlisted to the (anti-judicial reform) protests.”

    Last week, after a Palestinian Arab murdered two young Jewish brothers in the Huwara, Jews descended on the town to protest the murder. During the ensuing confrontation, several vehicles and structures were set alight, and participants on both sides were injured.

    Keidar states: “We received administrative orders for two young friends, one a minor, who allegedly where involved in the Huwara incidents, and there isn’t a bit of evidence that can bring them to a criminal trial, the Defense Minister, based on info which we claim is false and biased, decided to administratively detain them for four months. Punishment and detention without trial and without any ability to defend themselves. That’s what’s happening with this unfortunate situation.”

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    Regarding the claim that the information on which the arrest was based was false, Keidar says, “We know that our clients, even if there’s proof that they were at the scene, there were hundreds of people there, and they were not connected to the severe events that they are being accused of. The one that needs to answer is the Shin-Bet, which admits that it doesn’t have real concrete and criminal evidence but that the things are based on things said by those who collaborate with the Shin-Bet. These can be Huwara residents or others, but it’s clear that the credibility of the info is close to nonexistent. If the info was public, they could look into it and see that it’s false, or they would put them on criminal trial, and we could defend them. The current situation is both unbearable and not just under the circumstances. To give the Americans a treat at the expense of the detainees.”

    According to Keidar, at best, the detainees could have been sent to house arrest as a mitigated punishment, but the decision to send them to detention at a detention center, despite the court’s decision to release them. “Their conditions are bad, they’re cut off, and so on, its a complex and unnecessary situation,” says Keidar, who adds that the district court, where a discussion was held on Sunday regarding the detainees, is authorized to approve the order and is set to make a decision on it on Monday.

    “We questioned the Shin-Bet’s expert to get information out of him, we expressed our opinion, and we hope the court will listen and rule that the order is unjust and cancel it or shorten it,” concludes Keidar.”

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