Brussels, 3 October (LaPresse) – Israel's far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, says Israel should imprison the detained Flotilla activists for several months instead of deporting them to their countries of origin. This was reported by the Times of Israel. More than 470 activists were detained by the Israeli Navy aboard the 42 boats that made up the Global Sumud Flotilla on Wednesday evening, and the Foreign Ministry said that four have already been deported, while the rest are in the process of being expelled. Ben Gvir, leader of the ultra-nationalist Otzma Yehudit party, said in a video statement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made a ‘mistake’ in having them deported. ‘I think they should be kept here for a few months in an Israeli prison so that they get used to the smell of the terrorist wing,’ he said. According to Ben Gvir, Netanyahu cannot continue to send them back to their countries of origin, ‘because that makes them come back again and again and again.’
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