Israel's Ben Gvir says he's working to stop ceasefire talks

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on Wednesday he is working to end the indirect talks with Hamas to reach a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal. 

He advocated for the cutting off of fuel and electricity supplies to Gaza completely instead, so that Palestinians are "crushed until they collapse". 

"Working to stop the negotiations with Hamas," Ben Gvir said on social media platform X.

"A country where they murder six hostages in cold blood does not conduct negotiations with the killers but stops the negotiations, stops supplying them with fuel and electricity, and crushes them until they collapse.

"Continuing the negotiations only spurs them to produce more and more terror, including in Judea and Samaria," he said, referring to the occupied West Bank. 

פועל כדי להפסיק המו"מ עם החמאס. מדינה שרוצחים לה שישה חטופים בדם קר לא מנהלת משא ומתן עם הרוצחים אלא עוצרת את המשא ומתן, מפסיקה להעביר להם דלק וחשמל, וכותשת אותם עד הכרעתם. המשך המו"מ רק מדרבן אותם לייצר עוד ועוד טרור גם מיהודה ושומרון. pic.twitter.com/L0T1E8No9T

— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) September 4, 2024