On Friday, two extremist ministers in the Israeli government criticized their Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Army Minister, Yoav Galant, against the backdrop of the decision to close the main street of the town of Huwwara, which is the road taken by settlers, against the backdrop of recent events.

The Minister of the so-called National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, said that it is not possible and reasonable for the street to be closed due to the funeral of a “despicable, accursed terrorist” who shot a settler and her child yesterday.

It seems that Ben Gvir does not know that the Israeli army originally detained the body of the martyr Jamal Al-Majzoub, who is accused of carrying out the shooting operation he spoke about, and that the closure of the char was during the funeral procession of the other martyr, Labib Damidi, who was killed by settlers in their attack on the town yesterday.

Ben Gvir considered that Hawara and its central street are a central axis in the West Bank that passes through “the heart of our country,” as he described it.

Ben Gvir called on Gallant to come to his senses and stop this chaos in Hawara, saying: “Hawara’s law is like Tel Aviv’s law.”

For his part, Smotrich said that he received a message stating that the road would be closed, and he immediately called Netanyahu’s military secretary, Avi Gil, and asked him for clarifications and informed him that such a decision was unacceptable, illegal, and harmed the settlers, and that Gil informed him that the decision was temporary due to an uncontrollable event related to the disembarkation of Palestinians. The road was suddenly opened, and the Israeli army did not prepare for it until it increased its forces and set up barriers to prevent any friction. Then Netanyahu ordered the speedy opening of the road.

Smotrich says it later emerged from a statement by the Israeli army that the closure of the road continued for 4 hours due to the funeral of the Palestinian, which contradicts what he was informed of. He considers this a dangerous event with dire consequences, calling for a comprehensive investigation into the case.