National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he attended the Supreme Court on Monday to defend the anti-UNRWA law, and confronted the agency's lawyer. He previously evacuated the UNRWA compound in Jerusalem and called the lawyer and UNRWA supporters 'terror supporters with lawyer robes.'
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he attended the Supreme Court hearing on Monday to defend the anti-UNRWA law, and confronted the agency's lawyer. In a statement, Ben Gvir said the lawyer, identified as the former mayor of Tayibe, tried to speak to him and MK Tali Gottlieb rudely, but they quickly put him in his place. Ben Gvir reiterated his support for the law, which he said he personally enforced by evacuating the UNRWA compound in Jerusalem's Ma'alot Dafna neighborhood. He called on the court to reject the petitions against the law and described UNRWA supporters as 'terror supporters with lawyer robes.' The petition hearings are ongoing.
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