Israeli minister says 'Gaza will be entirely destroyed' •

[Dr Strangelove]

[Dr Strangelove]

I have directed my officials to summon the Israeli ambassador regarding the heinous treatment of civilians aboard the flotilla. Civilians must be protected at all times. The video shared by Ben-Gvir is deplorable and documents the mistreatment of civilians. Canada has already imposed sanctions on Ben-Gvir and we will continue to pressure the government of Israel to crack down on those inviting violence.

[Dr Strangelove]

[Dr Strangelove]

[Dr Strangelove]

The images of the Israeli minister Ben Gvir humiliating members of the international flotilla in support of Gaza are unacceptable.

We will not tolerate anyone mistreating our citizens. In September, I announced the ban on access to national territory for this member of the Israeli government. Now we are going to push in Brussels for these sanctions to be elevated to the European scale on an urgent basis.

[Dr Strangelove]

The outrage over Ben Gvir's video is loud. Netanyahu called it "not in line with Israel's values." The foreign minister called it disgraceful. "This is not the face of Israel." Spare us the hypocrisy.

This is the same government that has not touched Israeli settlers who have murdered over 16 Palestinians since the start of this year. The same ministers who have publicly stated their plan is to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza.

This is the same government whose Finance Minister Smotrich stood on a hill overlooking the Christian town of Beit Sahour in January, inaugurated an illegal settlement built on Palestinian Christian-owned land, land that was once meant for a Palestinian children's hospital, and declared their plan is ethnic cleansing.

This is the same government that has done nothing as settler terrorists attacked the Christian village of Taybeh over 200 times. While you read this, settlers are at the entrance of Taybeh, harassing its residents.

Ben Gvir and Smotrich are not rogue actors. They are executing Israeli government policy.

The only thing that upset Israeli officials and propagandists today was that it was filmed, and that the victims weren't Palestinian.