Homeland Security Minister Itamar bin Gvir revealed on Tuesday evening February 28 that a Palestinian who planned to assassinate him was arrested “a
few weeks ago
” by the Israeli police.
"
A Jerusalem-resident Arab suspect who was planning to assassinate Internal Security Minister Itamar bin Gvir was arrested a few weeks ago by police in cooperation with Shin Bet, the internal security service," the office said
. of Itamar Ben Gvir in a press release.
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"Terrorist elements from a neighboring country"
The suspect allegedly accumulated information on the minister's movements and received funds from "
terrorist elements of a neighboring country
" to commit his crime, according to the press release, which does not identify this country.
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I will continue to pursue a right-wing and strong security policy in order to defeat terrorism and bring security and sovereignty back to the streets
," the minister said in the statement.
Itamar Ben Gvir, who leads the far-right Jewish Force party, a member of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition, is known for his anti-Palestine diatribes.
He advocates the annexation by Israel of the West Bank and the transfer to neighboring countries of some of the Israeli Arabs, descendants of Palestinians who remained on their land after the creation of Israel in 1948. He is also at the origin of a controversial death penalty bill for those convicted of terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of Israelis.