Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Cancels US Trip Over Visa Issues

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has cancelled his upcoming trip to the US due to difficulties in obtaining a visa. According to a recent report, the issues stemmed from the requirement to provide fingerprints for the US visa.

As an Israeli minister, Ben-Gvir should have travelled on a diplomatic visa, thereby exempting him from the fingerprinting process. However, his office released a statement claiming the trip's purpose was personal.

The statement from Ben-Gvir's office claimed that he chose to travel on a regular tourist visa to avoid 'exploiting his status'. Just before cancelling his trip, Ben-Gvir made some provocative comments.

In a recent social media post, the minister stated that Israel is not bound by the US-Iran ceasefire agreement promoted by Donald Trump.

'Trump's agreement does not bind us,' Ben-Gvir said.

'Israel is not subject to the United States, and we are an independent and sovereign nation.'

'We are not partners to this agreement that does not ensure our security, and it does not bind us in any way,' he continued.

'We must not compromise on anything less than the dismantling of Hezbollah, we must not withdraw from any territory that our fighters have captured and cleared of terror infrastructure, we must not return to a situation where thousands of terrorists sit on the fences of northern settlements, and certainly we must not remain silent for a moment in the face of fire directed at the State of Israel.'