The hawk of Benyamin Netanyahu's government, Itamar Ben Gvir, is accused of harming Israel's strategy against Tehran. And for good reason, the Israeli Minister of National Security implicitly attributed responsibility explosions this Friday, April 19 in the morning in Iran. Contacted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), neither the army nor the government wished to comment on the explosions reported in Iran and attributed to Israel by American officials cited in media in the United States.
Supporter of the hard line in the confrontation between Israel and its sworn enemy, Itamar Ben Gvir, who is a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, published on his X account a message as terse as it is ironic: “ Dardaleh! “, colloquial Hebrew adjective that can be translated as ” null ” Or ” shabby “. In addition to criticizing its moderation, this far-right leader seems to support the hypothesis of an Israeli strike.
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“National pyromaniac”
Israel had promised retaliation for the unprecedented missile and drone attacks carried out by Iran against Israeli territory last weekend. By attacking Israel on April 13, Iran said it acted in a state of ” self-defense » after the strike, attributed to Israel, which destroyed its consulate in Damascus, Syria, on April 1 and cost the lives of seven of its soldiers, including two high-ranking officers.
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Itamar Ben Gvir's post on X sparked an avalanche of criticism on social media as well as on television channels, with Labor MP Naama Lazimi writing: ” a reaction worthy of the national arsonist “. For Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, academic and host of a geopolitics podcast, Itamar Ben Gvir “ confirms Israeli operation AND ridicules it “. In doing so, “ it reduces Israel's ability to mount plausible deniability and undermines its power of deterrence. An absolute disgrace from a minister “, he wrote on X.
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The Iranian press agency Tasnim republished this Friday, April 19, the publication of Itamar Ben Gvir on his congratulated on the events, evoking on a proud morning » for Israel. “ Israel is a strong and powerful country », Added this member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Parliament, drawing scathing comments on X.
