The report did forget to mention that the minister was suspended for his first statement in November…
I really don’t want to defend anyone here but I think it is important to stay as close to the facts as possible
I agree that the article should mention such things.
However from what I read he seems to have only been “reprimanded” or suspended from meetings for it, not actually suspended as a minister.
So does that make him not a minister (an ex-minister?).
If he was suspended and not sacked, then I think he is still minister, but I am no expert on Israeli politics.
AFAIK they have a war cabinet, and this minister’s far-right party (‘Jewish Power’) isn’t part of it.
Apparently this story is from november last year, a month after the attacks, and he claimed it was hyperbole after most people in Israel derided him as a lunatic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amihai_Eliyahu#2023_nuclear_weapons_comments_controversy
Obviously, fascists like to say outrageous stuff to disconcert people, but who knows with these lunatics.
According to your link, he is still a minister.
Yeah, but they have a war cabinet, and have suspended all non-war or emergency legislation. So as far as I can tell he’s a lame duck or in some kind of limbo.
so israel confirmed nuclear state?
It’s the Schrödinger nukes.
Didn’t we already know that?
Not officially.
Biden’s support is so unconditional that this still doesn’t confirm anything. He would just give them one if they asked.
Too late … several advocates have already pointed out that Israel have dropped enough munitions in Gaza now to be beyond the level of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
And risk having nuclear fallout spread in Israel? Are they mad?
Also this would be the first time since Hiroshima and Nagasaki that any nation used a nuclear weapon against another nation.
If they do that, fuck it, I’m siding with everybody else who believes Israel needs to disappear and the land be given back to Palestinians. They would lose the legitimacy of the existence of their nation in my eyes.
If they nuke Gaza they’ll lose legitimacy in your eyes?
Prefer your genocides to be more drawn out?
Indeed.
