"Key Israeli minister say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas should also be jailed if Palestinian statehood advances. Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says Palestinian Authority (PA) officials should be assassinated if progress is made on the recognition of Palestinian statehood as a result of a pending United Nations vote. Speaking at an Otzma Yehudit party meeting on Monday, Ben-Gvir called top PA officials terrorists, multiple Israeli media outlets reported."
"If they accelerate the recognition of the Palestinian terrorist state, and the UN recognises a Palestinian state, targeted assassinations of senior Palestinian Authority officials, who are terrorists for all intents and purposes, should be ordered, Ben-Gvir said, according to the Jerusalem Post newspaper."
"Ben-Gvir said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas should be arrested if the UN vote takes the idea of Palestinian statehood forward, adding that a solitary confinement cell is ready for him at Ketziot prison. The PA recognises Israel and oversees security coordination with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. But Israeli leaders have drawn a red line against establishing a Palestinian state led by the PA. Israel has been pushing to change the wording in the UN's Gaza proposal to avoid any mention of Palestinian statehood. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also reassured his far-right coalition partners that his opposition to a Palestinian state remains unchanged."
Itamar Ben-Gvir said PA officials should be assassinated if progress is made on UN recognition of Palestinian statehood. He labelled top PA officials terrorists and called for targeted assassinations of senior PA figures if the UN recognises a Palestinian state. Ben-Gvir said Mahmoud Abbas should be arrested and that a solitary confinement cell is ready for him at Ketziot prison. The UN Security Council was scheduled to vote on a US-backed Gaza ceasefire plan that includes support for a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood. Israel has pushed to remove references to Palestinian statehood from the proposal, and Benjamin Netanyahu has reassured coalition partners of continued opposition to a Palestinian state.
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