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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

AFAIK they have a war cabinet, and this minister's far-right party ('Jewish Power') isn't part of it.

Apparently this story is from november last year, a month after the attacks, and he claimed it was hyperbole after most people in Israel derided him as a lunatic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amihai_Eliyahu#2023_nuclear_weapons_comments_controversy

Obviously, fascists like to say outrageous stuff to disconcert people, but who knows with these lunatics.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

According to your link, he is still a minister.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, but they have a war cabinet, and have suspended all non-war or emergency legislation. So as far as I can tell he's a lame duck or in some kind of limbo.