“I had the honor and privilege of meeting with senior Republican Party officials at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate,” Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir bragged on X. “They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home safely.” [Emphasis added.]
The U.S. Congress defines international terrorism as “violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States … [that] appear to be intended” to do any of the following: “(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.”
If the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, was an act of terrorism, is Ben-Gvir’s proposal that “food and aid depots should be bombed”?
