Translation of the caption/ Ben Gvir statement about ceasefire agreement :

"The emerging deal is terrible. I am very familiar with its details: It includes the release of hundreds of murderous terrorists from prisons, the return of Gaza residents, including thousands of terrorists, to the northern Gaza Strip, the withdrawal of the IDF from the Nitzarim axis, and the return of the threat to the residents of the Gaza envelope — thus essentially erasing the achievements of the war that were gained with the blood of our soldiers, so far, in the Gaza Strip. Not only that, it does not lead to the release of all the hostages, and seals the fate of the remaining hostages not included in the deal to death.

This is not a “difficult choice” that needs to be made in order to bring the hostages home. This is a conscious choice to pay the price with the lives of many other Israeli citizens who, unfortunately, will pay the price with their lives for this deal. We have already seen the fruits of such deals in the past. We learned the hard way that there is no coverage for all the promises of “we’ll manage later.”

Over the past year, through our political power, we have managed to prevent this deal from being implemented, time and time again.

However, since then, additional members have joined the government who now support the deal, and we no longer serve as a swing vote.

The meaning of this is that the Prime Minister will avoid signing the deal only if the power that opposes it is strong enough to prevent him from doing so. The power of Otzma Yehudit in its current composition in the government is not enough to serve as leverage to prevent the deal, and our departure alone will not prevent its implementation.

Therefore, I call on my colleague, Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, to join me in full cooperation against the terrible deal taking shape and to announce together to the Prime Minister clearly and decisively that if the deal goes forward, we will resign together from the government.

I emphasize: Even if we are in the opposition, we will not topple Netanyahu, but this move is our only chance to prevent its implementation, and in fact, to prevent the surrender of the State of Israel to Hamas, after more than a year of bloody war, in which over 400 IDF soldiers fell in the Gaza Strip, and to ensure that their deaths will not be in vain.

Alongside this, I call on the Prime Minister to come to his senses and take steps that will lead to the defeat of Hamas and the release of our hostages without compromising Israel’s security: to completely halt the transfer of humanitarian aid, fuel, electricity, and water to Gaza, along with the continued military pounding of Hamas until its decisive defeat."