FM Sa’ar slams Ben Gvir over flotilla video: ‘You’ve caused harm to the State of Israel’

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar angrily hits back at his fellow cabinet member, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, over his posting a video showing him taunting detained activists from the Gaza flotilla.

“You knowingly caused harm to our state in this disgraceful display – and not for the first time,” Sa’ar says in a statement. “You have undone tremendous, professional and successful efforts made by so many people — from IDF soldiers to Foreign Ministry staff and many others.”

Sa’ar tells Ben Gvir: “You are not the face of Israel.”

In response, the police minister hits back and accuses Sa’ar of submitting to “supporters of terrorism,” saying “Israel’s foreign minister is expected to understand that Israel has stopped being a punching bag. Anyone who comes onto our territory to support terrorism and identify with Hamas will get hit back — we will not turn the other cheek.”