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Ben Gvir to convene Otzma Yehudit party meeting on brewing hostage deal
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will convene his far-right Otzma Yehudit party in order to determine its stance toward a potential hostage deal, the party says in an announcement.
Ben Gvir is one of the more hawkish members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and earlier today said that he feared that Israel is heading toward a deal that “would bring disaster upon us.”