Alistair Campbell
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He did, he did, he did.
And this one, you've got to go some...
as Ben-Gavir to have both Netanyahu and the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who basically is one of those, let Israel do whatever the hell it wants, it seems to me.
He called Ben-Gavir's actions despicable.
So what does Ben-Gavir conclude?
I don't know.
He concludes he can carry on.
But I was looking at the law, and again, back to one of our central themes, does international humanitarian law mean anything anymore?
But it says those involved in the transport and distribution of relief,
must be respected and protected during armed conflict.
They are to be treated as civilians so long as they do not directly take part in hostilities.
And they have the rights, if they are, in circumstances where the civilians are detained, they have, under international law, they must be informed of the reasons, be able to challenge the decision, receive adequate food, hygiene, and medical care, be given access to lawyers and consular representatives, and be held in conditions consistent with health and humanity."
And here's where we get onto Ben-Gavir and how he treats them.
They are to be protected from cruel, humiliating or degrading treatment, intimidation and insults, and public curiosity or degrading public exposure.
And public curiosity is meant to be prohibiting any display of the detainees for propaganda or for public spectacle.
Well, that is exactly what Ben-Gavir was doing.
Well, that is kind of where part of the debate is.
I still think there are enough Israelis who will be absolutely horrified by seeing what Ben-Gurion did.
That being said, there is going to be an election.
Netanyahu probably feels, in answer to your question, why doesn't Netanyahu fire him, he probably feels that politically he's not strong enough to do that.