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Yamina minister says he’d oppose prisoner swap with Hamas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTransportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich says he would oppose a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
“If there’s a deal like this I’ll oppose it with all my might,” he tells the Ynet news site.
Smotrich, a member of the national-religious Yamina party, says Prime Minister Netanyahu refused his request for the security cabinet to discuss a potential swap deal.
“I’m troubled,” he says. “The release of terrorists is a red line that can’t be crossed.”
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