AMMAN —
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Wednesday that it is time for “heads to roll in Gaza”. This
came in response to the firing of rockets from Gaza towards Israel.
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“The government of which I am a member
should respond strongly to the rocket fire from Gaza. Hamas rockets necessitate
a response beyond the bombing of dunes and uninhabited sites,” Ben-Gvir said.
Most of the rockets either landed in open
fields or were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, according
to Israeli media.
In response to the rockets, Israeli planes
attacked multiple sites in Gaza, striking targets at a “military site” west of
the city and a site in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Strip,
according to Al Jazeera.
The Israeli attack on Gaza was preceded by
four missiles fired earlier on Wednesday from Gaza in response to the police
raid on Al-Aqsa.
From Tuesday night through Wednesday
morning, Israeli occupation forces violently raided Al-Aqsa Mosque. At least
400 Palestinians were arrested on Wednesday who remain in Israeli custody,
according to Palestinian officials.
‘Arabs murder each other. It’s in their
nature’In a separate incident, Israel’s Police
Commissioner Kobi Shabtai was recorded saying last week that Arabs “murder each
other. It’s in their nature,” Channel 12 reported on Tuesday evening.
Shabtai said the remarks in a private
meeting with Ben-Gvir, which took place after an Israeli Arab was murdered,
according to reports.
In the
recorded conversation, Ben-Gvir is
heard saying after the murder: “Another murder and another murder — this
crosses the line. We need a strong national guard.” Shabtai then replied to
him: “There’s nothing we can do. They murder each other. It’s in their nature.
That’s the mentality of the Arabs.”
In the recording, Ben-Gvir tells Shabtai
that “it can be stopped. We need to prevent the murders of both Arabs and
Jews”. The police commissioner replied: “We are working in Ramla and Lod
(Jewish-Arab mixed cities). We spoke with dignitaries in the Arab community and
are trying to calm the situation.”
“This conduct calls into question the
ability of the police to report to the minister without fearing the disclosure
of sources and the distortion of conversations.”
Hadash-Ta’al chair Ayman Odeh called on the
police chief to resign after news broke on the incident.
“It’s not in the nature of the
Palestinians, it’s in the nature of the racist establishment,” he said, adding
that “anywhere in the world, a racist commissioner like Shabtai would be fired
in an instant.”
Waleed Alhwashla of the United Arab List
also weighed in on the matter, declaring that Shabtai’s comments constitute an
“escape from responsibility and a surrender to crime.”
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