Israel Backs Ministers Despite Sanctions

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00:00We've been talking about these sanctions imposed by five countries against Itamar Ben-Gavir

00:07and the finance minister of Israel, Bezalel Smotrich.

00:11Do you get the impression the Israeli government fully stands by those two individuals?

00:18Well, of course, there are two ministers in the government holding key positions.

00:24One of them is the minister of finance.

00:26The other is the minister of homeland security.

00:28And, yes, it's definitely an essential part of the government.

00:34And the government stands behind them, for sure.

00:38I mean, you say for sure, but those two individuals are, you know,

00:41it's obviously a coalition government and those two individuals are at the further right edge of the political spectrum.

00:48I mean, is it a given that the government would stand by the two of them?

00:54It is a given because if they don't stand,

00:56first of all, because of the merit of the issue that they are against,

01:01the idea of sanctions against Israelis in the first place,

01:03whatever Israelis you're talking about, even if they're from the right.

01:07And especially when we are in the midst of a war,

01:11this sounds so really audacious that something of that could happen,

01:16then definitely they stand beside them and support them.

01:20And secondly, if they don't, the government is going to fall.

01:22So what do you expect them to do?