Israel imposes a crippling blockade on Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving the territory’s entire population on the verge of famine.
‘Nobody will let us cause 2 million civilians to die of hunger even though it might be justified and moral,’ Bezalel Smotrich says. / Photo: AA
“Humanitarian in exchange for humanitarian is morally justified, but what can we do? We live today in a certain reality, we need international legitimacy for this war.” The far-right minister reiterated his opposition to any prisoner swap deal with Hamas, claiming that current ceasefire proposals are “unjust and unethical” as they would only return a few hostages and jeopardise state security.
The UN deems Israeli settlement building in occupied Palestinian territories as illegal and a significant obstacle to the two-state solution.
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