️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has said he intends to demand the defence portfolio in the next term, setting out six objectives he would pursue as Defence Minister.
Ben Gvir said he wants to bring a “spirit of victory” to the IDF’s senior ranks, arguing that past chiefs of staff opposed entering Rafah, capturing the Philadelphi corridor, continuing the manoeuvre in Gaza and entering Lebanon.
His stated goals include a strategic plan to encourage emigration from Gaza; dismantling the Palestinian Authority’s weapons; changing open‑fire regulations so that soldiers do not fear prosecution; revising the IDF ethical code and removing what he called “progressive nonsense”; and opening elite units including 8200 to the entire population.