Far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir says he was “offended” by opposition chief Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistance not to share a stage with him during a Simchat Torah event in Kfar Chabad earlier this week.
Speaking at a conference organized by Channel 12, the extremist member of the Religious Zionism party was reminded by interviewer Mohammad Magadli that throughout his career, Netanyahu has been photographed alongside Palestinian leaders whom he despises, such as Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat, yet he refused to be in the same frame with Ben Gvir and even sent security guards to get him off the stage.
The latter answers: “I was really offended, after I’ve been tirelessly working for him to form a government, I would expect to be allowed to speak and then leave. But I don’t need a selfie with Netanyahu. I’m not an admirer. I want to form a right-wing government with him.”
Ben Gvir also says that while he “doesn’t have a problem” with Arabs, he would like “to deport in ships and planes those who harm IDF soldiers,” including Hadash-Ta’al party leader Ayman Odeh.
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