National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir criticized U.S. President Trump's decision to impose a cease-fire, calling it a mistake during an interview on IDF Radio (Galatz). He said Israeli leaders must be able to tell the president 'no,' and argued Trump 'will not come to comfort soldiers in shiva.'
In an interview on IDF Radio (Galatz) this morning, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir launched a sharp public criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of the recent ceasefire. Ben Gvir stated that Israel 'must know how to tell the president no' and described the decision to 'hold fire' as a mistake. He further questioned whether the American president would visit fallen soldiers' families during shiva—the traditional week of mourning—implying that the human cost of the ceasefire would fall on Israeli families rather than Washington.
The remarks come amid ongoing internal Israeli debate over the strategic wisdom of the ceasefire, particularly its implications for operations in the north and south. Ben Gvir's intervention, on an official military platform, marks a rare public rebuke of a sitting U.S. president by an Israeli cabinet member and signals deepening ideological friction within the governing coalition. No immediate response from the White House or the Prime Minister's Office has been reported.
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