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Israeli far-right ministers want ‘return to war in Lebanon’ despite peace talks

South China Morning Post · · 202 words · By Agence France-Presse
Israel-Lebanon Conflict Escalation Israeli Internal Political Conflict
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon”
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Multiple independent web search results from different news outlets (FMTWorld, News24, and another source) confirm that both Ben Gvir and Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 1, 2025 ... Israel and America would so love to see the Lebanese army get involved and try to kick Hezbollah out of Lebanon to start a civil war in Lebanon ...
https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/the-cease-fire-betwee…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 10, 2026 ... Regional Ceasefire: An immediate "cessation of war on all fronts," including the conflict in Lebanon against Hezbollah, was part of Iran's..Ten- ...
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/posts/in-reality-there-is…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2026 ... Itamar Ben Gvir calls the ceasefire 'a grave mistake' and Bezalel Smotrich 'not worth the paper it is written on.' Opposition leader Benny ...
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English/posts/-shortly-aft…
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“National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on social media, “It is time for the prime minister to take a firm stand with Donald Trump and tell him that Israel is returning to war in Lebanon,””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of medical device manuals for 'Itamar Medical' and is completely irrelevant to the politician Itamar Ben Gvir.
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https://www.itamar-medical.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OM…
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web search NEUTRAL — ©2018. All rights reserved. WatchPAT, Itamar Medical, the Itamar Medical logo are trademarks of Itamar Medical Ltd. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
https://www.wchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WatchPAT-300…
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web search NEUTRAL — Itamar Medical Ltd. Watch-PAT200 2 Operation Manual • Itamar Medical Ltd. makes no representation whatsoever, that the act of reading the Manual renders the reader qualified to operate, test or calibr…
https://www.sleepworksmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/pro…
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“Ben Gvir leads the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party.”
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The claim is directly confirmed by a cross-reference from The Guardian identifying Ben-Gvir as the leader of the Otzma Yehudit party.
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““Electricity to Lebanon must be cut off, the Zahrani must be seized, and intensive warfare resumed,” he said”
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The specific quote regarding cutting electricity, seizing the Zahrani, and resuming warfare is reported by multiple independent sources including FMTWorld and News24.
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ... National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity ...
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3354791/…
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ... ... must be cut off, the Zahrani must be seized and intensive warfare resumed. 2 Israeli far-right ministers call for escalation in Lebanon.
https://www.facebook.com/freemalaysiatoday/posts/fmtworld-na…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... “Electricity to Lebanon must be cut off, the Zahrani must be seized, and intensive warfare resumed,” he said, referring to a river in southern ...
https://www.news24.com/world/two-israeli-far-right-ministers…
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“Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, from the Religious Zionist Party, called for strikes on Beirut to counter Hezbollah’s drone attacks”
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The claim is corroborated by Wikipedia (confirming Smotrich's role as Finance Minister and leader of the Religious Zionist Party) and a news report detailing his call for strikes on Beirut to counter drone attacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bezalel Yoel Smotrich is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religious Zionist Party, he previously served as a Knesset member for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
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web search NEUTRAL — "We must put an end to the threat of Hezbollah's explosive drones," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a Monday statement. "For every explosive drone, ten buildings in Beirut should fall."
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-89723…
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web search NEUTRAL — A strike in Beirut and a widening war. A separate Israeli attack in Beirut on Monday killed a commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, according to the Israeli military.
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/israeli-minister-calls-f…
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““For every explosive drone, 10 buildings must fall in Beirut,” [Smotrich said] on social media.”
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The specific quote 'For every explosive drone, 10 buildings must fall in Beirut' is found in one relevant news report. The other provided evidence for this claim refers to a biblical figure named Bezalel and is irrelevant.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2026 · Two of these men God mentions by name: Bezalel from the tribe of Judah and Oholiab from the tribe of Dan. Bezalel in particular was filled with God’s Spirit (verses 31:2–3), a rare occu…
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bezalel-and-Oholiab.html
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web search NEUTRAL — In Exodus 31:1-6 and chapters 36 to 39, Bezalel, Bezaleel, or Betzalel (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל, Bəṣalʼēl) was the chief artisan of the Tabernacle [1] and was in charge of building the Ark of the Covenant,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel
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web search NEUTRAL — 31 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with k…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+31&versi…
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