Ben-Gvir proposes ‘Defensive Shield 2’ operation as security cabinet to meet
He has named the pending east Jerusalem operation after the IDF’s West Bank Defensive Shield mission of 2002.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, national security minister and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the swearing in ceremony of the new israeli government at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByTOVAH LAZAROFFUpdated: