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Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks Military To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them To Manage Overcrowding In Prisons (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 6 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Cross posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13516787

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Israel’s far-right national security minister has reportedly asked whether the military could kill some of the Palestinians taken captive instead of arresting them — the latest comment by one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s multiple extremist cabinet members that dehumanizes residents of Gaza.

The comments by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir were revealed Friday by Hebrew outlets Channel 12 and Ynet, and translated to English by the Times of Israel.

During a briefing by Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff Herzi Halevi who said that hundreds of Palestinians were recently arrested after surrendering to the military, the minister interrupted.

“Why are there so many arrests?” Ben-Gvir allegedly asked. “Can’t you kill some? Do you want to tell me they all surrender? What are we to do with so many arrested? It’s dangerous for the soldiers.”

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ffs Israel. At least pretend it’s not genocide.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 32 points 6 months ago

This article is pretty good, because it's not subtle about the context: Ben-Gvir is a convicted terrorist who has made his desire to exterminate Palestinians totally clear his whole life. And he went from too radical to serve mandatory military service to in charge of the national police and jails.

He is an exemplar of the worst humanity has to offer.

[–] applepie@kbin.social 22 points 6 months ago

War crimes spotted

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

This is the kind of person who would subsequently propose coming up with a more efficient way of killing the prisoners without using so many bullets and without traumatizing so many soldiers. Maybe some kind of gas in some kind of chamber, you know.

Fascists just can't fucking help themselves.

[–] pup_atlas@pawb.social 8 points 6 months ago

When I read the headline I just assumed this must be an onion article. That is not good.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

Modern problems require modern solutions.