Key Points
- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited a prison to personally confront a high-profile Palestinian inmate.
- Ben-Gvir expressed a desire to execute the prisoner, citing past terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of 48 people, including women and children.
- The Minister emphasized his role in overseeing prison conditions, describing the current environment for security prisoners as “hell.”
- The confrontation underscores the hardline stance of the current Israeli government regarding the treatment and sentencing of those convicted of terrorism.
Full Transcript (English)
Itamar Ben-Gvir: When I was a child, I went to protest against the attacks you carried out on line 18, where 48 people were killed. You killed children, women, men, and soldiers who are my children. When I was a child, I went and protested that people like you should be dealt with. Today, I am closing a circle. And when I became an adult, these are the conditions I put you in. But this is not the end.
Itamar Ben-Gvir: I want to kill you. I want to execute you. Whoever killed 48 of my people—soldiers, women, children, and the elderly—should be killed. To kill him. And that is before the hell that awaits you above. I tell you, hell. You think of virgins? Hell you will have. Hell!
Itamar Ben-Gvir: And I am in charge of the hell here. That is the Holy One above, that is Allah. Here, I am responsible for hell, and it is very good that you have hell.
