National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was excluded from the discussion convened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday on the deadly shooting attack and subsequent rioting in Huwara. Ben-Gvir heard details on the meeting from Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, who was briefed on what was said during the meeting, and from media reports on the discussion.
According to the report on Channel 13 News, after the discussion there was a conversation between the Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu, during which the National Security Minister protested to the Prime Minister that he had not been invited to him. Ben-Gvir claimed: “Do you have a policy on Gaza? On the Palestinians? I do too. What is this compartmentalization?”
Netanyahu responded that the discussion was about the security situation in Judea and Samaria, and was therefore outside Ben-Gvir’s authority. Despite this, Netanyahu assured him that this would not happen again and that he would be invited to the next such meeting.

Ben-Gvir has accused Netanyahu of attempting to remove from the agenda the bill which would impose the death penalty for terrorists.
According to a report by Ynet, the Likud party is seeking to delay the advancement of the bill in order to avoid passing legislation which has the potential to inflame tensions ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Under the coalition agreement between the Likud and Otzma Yehudit parties, the bill was supposed to be advanced at about the same time as the passage of the state budget, which was passed last Friday.
The Otzma Yehudit faction also boycotted a Knesset debate yesterday (Monday) in protest of the government’s handling of the recent wave of terrorist attacks in which 14 Israelis have been murdered.