Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has ordered security forces to remove or seize Palestinian flags displayed in public spaces.
“It is inconceivable that lawbreakers fly terrorist flags, incite and encourage terrorism. I have given instructions to remove flags supporting terrorism from public space and to prevent incitement against the State of Israel,” Ben Gvir said, according to The Jerusalem newspaper. To post.
The also leader of the ultranationalist party Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) defended this Sunday that “freedom of expression does not extend to identification with a terrorist and those who want to harm the soldiers of the IDF”, the Israel Defense Forces.
The order comes after Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the release of Karim Younis last weekend after serving a 40-year prison sentence for the 1980 murder of an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also accused the protesters of “wild incitement that has not been condemned by the opposition or the mainstream media.”
The Palestinian government denounced this Sunday that Israel canceled the authorization to enter the country to its head of diplomacy, Riad al-Maliki, the fourth restriction registered on Palestinian political officials in a single day.
Hours earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced the withdrawal of authorization from three senior Palestinian Authority officials who met with Karim Yunis in northern Israel on Thursday: the governor of Nablus, Mahmud al Alul, the former ambassador to Iraq Azam al-Ahmad and former Acting President of the Palestinian Authority Raui Fattu.
Israel’s new government on Friday approved a series of punitive measures against the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in retaliation for the pressure it is exerting on the UN against the Israeli occupation.
Among the measures approved by the government security office, full of far-right and religiously conservative allies of Netanyahu, is one that allows Israel to withhold 39 million dollars (36.8 million euros) destined for the Palestinian Authority, transferring that amount to a compensation program. for the families of the Israeli victims of Palestinian militant attacks.
Another measure is Israel’s decision to further reduce the funds it normally transfers to the Palestinian Authority, an amount equal to what the Palestinian Executive paid in 2022 to the families of Palestinian prisoners and those killed in the conflict, including the militants involved. in attacks against Israelis.
Israel’s new far-right government has vowed to prioritize settlement expansion and legalize illegally built outposts.
Source: TSF
