Ben Gvir made those remarks during a visit to a colonial outpost in the West Bank, where he threatened militants fighting for the liberation of their land.

The extremist politician once again provided support to the Israeli settlers with his presence and encouraged them to commit more war crimes and seize more Palestinian land through settlement expansion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine denounced in a statement. “Such comments show clear criminal and murderous intent,” it said.

The Foreign Ministry stated that “such comments reflect Israel’s abject contempt for Palestinian lives and the pervasive culture of impunity with respect to Palestinian lives and rights.”

“This impunity and criminal trend are encouraged and reinforced by the failure of the international community to hold Israel accountable for its systematic and widespread violations of international law,” it stressed, and highlighted the fact that the Israeli authorities commit all kinds of crimes while enjoying from the coverage, protection and even complacency of global players.

“The International Criminal Court must understand that Israel interprets its continued silence and postponement of the investigation into the situation in Palestine as a lack of interest,” it said.

Ben Gvir has been accused more than 50 times and sentenced eight times for riots, vandalism and incitement to racism, and is known for having kept in his living room for years a photo of Baruch Goldstein, who murdered 29 Palestinians in the Cave of the Patriarchs in 1994. He was also a disciple of the assassinated ultranationalist rabbi Meir Kahane, questioned for his radical and extremist ideas, rejected even by other Israeli right-wing politicians.

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