Israel’s extremist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order assassinations of senior Palestinian officials and arrest of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas if the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted to endorse US-drafted resolution referencing the possibility of a future Palestinian state. “If they accelerate the recognition of this fabricated state, if the UN recognises this, you Mr. Prime Minister, must order targeted assassinations of senior Palestinian Authority officials, who are terrorists in every way, and you… must order the arrest of Abu Mazen (Abbas),” Ben-Gvir said during a press conference at the Knesset hours before Monday’s voting.
