Israel Election Chief Orders Minister to Remove Terrorist Confrontation Video
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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- Election chief ordered minister to remove video confronting terrorist.
- Minister Ben-Gvir threatened senior Hamas operative Hassan Salameh.
- Ben-Gvir called the order 'extremely puzzling' and criticized it.
- The ruling followed a petition from the Public Committee Against Torture.
- Financial costs were imposed on Ben-Gvir's party.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, has ordered National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to remove a video showing Ben-Gvir confronting Hassan Salameh, a senior Hamas operative and associate of Yahya Sinwar. The video depicts Ben-Gvir telling Salameh, who was responsible for suicide bombings on Jerusalem's Line 18 in 1996, "I will kill you" when Ben-Gvir becomes defense minister. Judge Sohlberg issued the order after accepting a petition from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and also imposed financial costs on Ben-Gvir's party, Otzma Yehudit.
Ben-Gvir responded to the ruling, calling it "extremely puzzling." He stated that "terrorists in prisons must be dealt with harshly," and argued that the video, along with others he has published, has proven to deter terrorists planning future attacks. "I regret Judge Sohlberg's decision; this is not how we fight terror," the minister concluded.
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