Demand for EU sanctions against Israeli minister
The EU should impose joint sanctions against Israel's ultra-conservative Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, German politicians are demanding after statements that Palestinians "are not even human".
Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) says she reacts with disgust to Ben-Gvir's words.
Itamar Ben-Gvir has been noticed and clearly criticized in recent days after he was interviewed in a podcast that was released on Saturday.
- I think targeted killings should be carried out in Gaza, removing 30-40 people every night, he said according to Politico and continued:
- Not just those who pose an immediate threat. No, these are people who do not deserve to live. They should not live. They are not even human.
The words have prompted high-ranking German politicians to demand EU sanctions against Ben-Gvir.
“These are statements that the government cannot accept in any way,” says Lars Klingbeil, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance, to the television channel Sat 1.
“I stand in solidarity with Israel, but I do not stand in solidarity with such ministers,” he continues, and according to Tageschau is supported by the entire German political spectrum – from the far-right AfD party to the left-wing Die Linke party.
Sweden wants sanctions
Germany has repeatedly opposed EU proposals targeting Israel; as recently as June, Germany was one of the countries that opposed sanctions against Ben-Gvir. Some EU countries have independently imposed their own sanctions against Ben-Gvir, including France and Ireland.
Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard “reacted with disgust” to this weekend’s statement.
“The Swedish government has been absolutely right to take the initiative to impose EU sanctions on extremist Israeli ministers – such as Ben-Gvir,” she wrote in a statement on Monday.
Execution site unveiled
Itamar Ben-Gvir unveiled new hanging facilities being built on death row in an Israeli prison on Tuesday – cells and facilities designed for Palestinian prisoners sentenced to death for deadly terror attacks, a controversial bill that was hammered through this spring and that in practice applies to Palestinians but not Israelis.
“I promised to worsen conditions for terrorists in our prisons, and I kept that promise,” he said, according to the Jerusalem Post.
“We are making history. Our terrorists deserve only one thing, death by hanging.”
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