Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas told the Knesset plenum on Wednesday that the previous government demolished only four Bedouin homes in the Negev per year, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has overseen 5,700 destruction operations in the past year. Abbas repeated the claim amid an ongoing public feud with Ben Gvir over demolition policy.
Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Ra'am party, took the floor in the Knesset plenum Wednesday afternoon and repeated his claim that the government under Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid demolished only four illegal Bedouin structures in the Negev per year, whereas National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir boasts of 5,700 demolitions over the past year. The remarks come amid a public feud that began earlier this week when Ben Gvir told a local government conference that he plans to intensify demolitions, and Abbas responded with a poll on his followers. The Zioneer previously reported both sides of the exchange. The plenum speech adds a formal parliamentary venue to the dispute, with Abbas directly challenging the minister's record in the legislative chamber.
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