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00:00One of the most hardline ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline government is out.
00:06Days ago, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had threatened to pull his far-right
00:11Otzma Yehudit, or Jewish Power Party, out of the governing coalition if the Gaza ceasefire
00:17took effect. On Sunday morning, as the bombs were silenced, he did just that.
00:23Our word is our word. We will not agree to a reckless deal. My friends in Otzma Yehudit
00:30and I submitted our resignation from the government and the coalition this morning.
00:34In the letter, Netanyahu called the ceasefire a complete victory for terrorism.
00:41Referring to the release of Palestinian prisoners, he said the deal would free
00:44hundreds of murderers with the blood of men, women and children on their hands,
00:48which represents a disgraceful surrender to Hamas, as does the pullout from Gaza.
00:54He said the party would come back to the fold if the fighting restarted.
00:59Otzma Yehudit's move won't affect the implementation of the ceasefire,
01:03and the loss of the party's six MPs is not enough to bring down the government.
01:07The coalition led by Netanyahu still has a majority in the Knesset, but now a very slim one.
01:14It's relied on the support of far-right MPs to stay in power,
01:18and the Otzma Yehudit resignations may not be the only ones.
01:22Several other coalition MPs from the far-right religious Zionist party and even from Netanyahu's
01:27only could previously threatened to resign in the event of a permanent ceasefire.