Itamar Ben Gvir’s Jewish Power party are leaving the Israeli government in protest against the Gaza cease-fire agreement, putting Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary majority at risk.
Jewish Power announced that it was leaving the coalition “in light of the approval of the reckless agreement with the Hamas terrorist organisation.”
Three ministers are leaving the government: Ben Gvir, head of national security, Yitzhak Wasserlauf, who is in charge of development in the Negev and Galilee, and Amichai Eliyahu, the heritage minister.
Although Ben Gvir has said he will not try to bring down the coalition, his departure leaves Netanyahu’s governing coalition with a razor-thin parliamentary majority.
