Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an interview with TRT World, expressed his belief that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a disaster for Israel and that Ben Gvir and Smotrich are “terrible events.” He referred to Ben Gvir and “his friends” as enemies and butchers, stating: “What I think about Ben Gvir and his friends. I call them enemies. I say that they are butchers. They are that they are killers. They are murderers. They are terrorists.” Olmert called for Netanyahu to be fired, saying: “I think that he's (Netanyahu) a danger to Israel, that he should be immediately fired.”