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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Fascism" title="Template:Fascism">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Fascism" title="Template talk:Fascism">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Fascism&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Itamar Ben-Gvir</b> is a far-right Israeli activist, <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> for far-right <a href="/wiki/Israeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli">Israeli</a> activists,<sup id="cite_ref-Maltz2016_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltz2016-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOILehavaArrest_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOILehavaArrest-2">[2]</a></sup> convicted <a href="/wiki/Criminal" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal">criminal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ToosiBidenBibi_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ToosiBidenBibi-3">[3]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> supremacist,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> and the current <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">National Security</a> Minister for the thirty-seventh Israeli government, led by the slightly less extreme <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>. While Netanyahu leads the much larger <i>Likud</i> party, Ben-Gvir leads a smaller faction in Israeli politics called <i>Otzma Yehudit</i> ("<a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> Strength" or "Jewish Power"), which Netanyahu required a coalition with to form a right-wing government (and to prevent his own potential conviction for corruption).<sup id="cite_ref-NovDeal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NovDeal-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-APCoalitionDeals_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APCoalitionDeals-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p><p>Ben-Gvir was convicted in Israeli court for inciting <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> and for supporting a <a href="/wiki/Kahanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Kahanism">Kahanist</a> terrorist organization.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maltz2016_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltz2016-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ToosiBidenBibi_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ToosiBidenBibi-3">[3]</a></sup> As National Security Minister, his responsibilities include oversight of the national <a href="/wiki/Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Police">police</a>, oversight of the border police stationed in the West Bank, and management of important religious sites.<sup id="cite_ref-NovDeal_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NovDeal-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> Some of his goals include deporting rival legislators, defunding Arab-Israeli communities, and granting immunity to Israeli soldiers who shoot at <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-APCoalitionDeals_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APCoalitionDeals-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> Apparently, about 1/3rd of Israeli soldiers found this to be a political platform worth voting for in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Ideology"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ideology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#As_top_cop"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">As top cop</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#2023_Israel-Hamas_war_extremism"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">2023 Israel-Hamas war extremism</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Calls_for_ethnic_cleansing"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Calls for ethnic cleansing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Systematic_prisoner_abuse"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Systematic prisoner abuse</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Ben-Gvir was raised in an affluent suburb in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. In terms of Israeli politics, his parents were moderate conservatives. His mother had previously fought with the <i>Irgun</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Zionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist">Zionist</a> paramilitary organization. His father, who was born in Iraqi <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a>, worked for a gas company and sold produce. Itamar Ben-Gvir began his turn into Anti-Palestinian politics after the First Palestinian Intifada.<sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maltz2016_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltz2016-1">[1]</a></sup> After this, he joined the youth wing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moledet" class="extiw" title="wp:Moledet" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Moledet">Moledet</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> a minor far-right party that advocated population transfer of Palestinians and Lebanese out of Samaria, Southern Lebanon and Gaza, Palestine. He later became a youth leader in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kach_(political_party)" class="extiw" title="wp:Kach (political party)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Kach (political party)">Kach</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> a party affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League" title="Jewish Defense League">Jewish Defense League</a> and founded by Meir Kahane; Kach was later banned in Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-Maltz2016_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltz2016-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>In the 1990s, Itamar Ben-Gvir appeared on television with an emblem torn from Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's car. He stated then, "We got to his car, and we'll get to him, too." A few weeks later, <a href="/wiki/Israel#Beginning_and_sabotage_of_the_peace_process" title="Israel">Rabin was assassinated</a>. Ben-Gvir later became an attorney, apparently at least in part inspired by his own efforts to defend himself in court — some of the judges he met while challenging dozens of indictments encouraged him to study law. After becoming a lawyer, he used his skills to defend other far-right activists in court.<sup id="cite_ref-Maltz2016_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltz2016-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOILehavaArrest_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOILehavaArrest-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Ideology">Ideology</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ideology">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>As far back as his youth, Ben-Gvir was considered extreme enough by the Israeli authorities that they refused to recruit him to mandatory military service. His role model and "<a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a>" (as he put it himself) is <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League" title="Jewish Defense League">Jewish Defense League</a> founder Meir Kahane, an <a href="/wiki/Ultranationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultranationalism">ultranationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbi</a> who moved to Israel from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1971. As such, Ben-Gvir is considered an adherent of Kahanism. Outlining an anti-<a href="/wiki/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">democratic</a> stance, Meir Kahane argued that "the idea of a democratic Jewish state is nonsense" because non-Jews would become the Israeli majority in the future — unless a population transfer occurred. Kahane also referred to Arabs in particular as "<a href="/wiki/Dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Dog">dogs</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>Another figure that Ben-Gvir apparently respects is fellow Kach member and mass murderer Baruch Goldstein, the perpetrator of the 1994 Hebron massacre in which 29 Palestinian Muslims were killed and 125 people injured. On his first date with his wife (also a Kahanist), when she was 15 and he was <b>26,</b> he brought her to Goldstein's grave. He has also previously kept a portrait of Goldstein in his living room, and dressed up as Goldstein for <a href="/wiki/Purim" title="Purim">Purim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> When he was young, Ben-Gvir "handed out eggs to throw at marchers in gay-pride parades".<sup id="cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="As_top_cop">As top cop</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As top cop">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg/250px-Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="110" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg/330px-Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="2800" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Demonstrating_against_judicial_reform_080423_04.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Israelis protesting against the proposal to let Ben-Gvir directly run a "National Guard" in April 2023.</div></div></div> <p>As Israel's national security minister under <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, Ben-Gvir became known prominently for multiple <a href="/wiki/Racist" class="mw-redirect" title="Racist">racist</a> statements and provocations against <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> and Israel's Arab population; desiring militias run under his sole authority, bypassing the police and military; and adapting ultra-hawkish stances during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="extiw" title="wp:2023 Israel–Hamas war" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: 2023 Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, Netanyahu, on trial for corruption at the time, attempted to push through a massive, independence-limiting overhaul of Israel's judicial system. These measures were hugely unpopular and resulted in massive crippling protests across Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> As a result of the protests, Netanyahu decided to pause the reforms. However, Ben-Gvir threatened to leave the government if the pause took place. Netanyahu promised to establish a national guard under Ben-Gvir's ministry in exchange for support of the pause. Critics described this national guard proposal as a potential "private, armed <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">militia</a> that would be directly under Ben-Gvir's control", separate from the country's military and police forces, with fears on what this would mean given Ben-Gvir's ultranationalism.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> </p><p>In late June 2023, after a <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> terrorist attack, young Israeli settlers retaliated by torching a number of Palestinian villages. Ben-Gvir called the settlers that engaged in violence "sweet boys" and also engaged in <a href="/wiki/Whataboutism" title="Whataboutism">whataboutism</a>, wondering why <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet" class="extiw" title="wp:Shin Bet" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Shin Bet">Shin Bet</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> supposedly refused to investigate "crime and murder in Arab society".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> </p><p>On multiple occasions, Ben-Gvir has visited the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount" class="extiw" title="wp:Temple Mount" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Temple Mount">Temple Mount</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> which also hosts a mosque known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa" class="extiw" title="wp:Al-Aqsa" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Al-Aqsa">Al-Aqsa</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Due to this site being of particular holy significance to Judaism and Islam (and thus a site of repeated confrontations between members of the two religions), these visits were seen as provocative and a challenge to the "status quo" of the site's administration by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan" class="extiw" title="wp:Jordan" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jordan">Jordan</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Ben-Gvir even directly challenged this "status quo" in one visit (which occurred days after Jewish nationalists marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's walled Old City with shouts of "Death to Arabs" and other slogans) by declaring that Israel "was in charge".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p><p>Ben-Gvir has also hand-waved away incidents where ultra-Orthodox Jews spat at <a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a> worshipers and pilgrims, insisting that such was not a criminal case. In the past, Ben-Gvir justified spitting towards Christians as "an ancient Jewish custom."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> </p><p>In August 2023, Ben-Gvir made claims that his right "to roam the roads" of the West Bank were "more important than the right of movement of the Arabs." This blatantly racist statement sparked not only reactions from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="extiw" title="wp:Palestinian National Authority" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Palestinian National Authority">Palestine Authority</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (who called it proof that Israel was "an <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> regime of Jewish supremacy"), but also opposition party leaders — after the remarks, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesh_Atid" class="extiw" title="wp:Yesh Atid" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Yesh Atid">Yesh Atid</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> MP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Elharrar" class="extiw" title="wp:Karine Elharrar" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Karine Elharrar">Karine Elharrar</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> described Ben-Gvir as "the authentic representative of the most racist, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_Judaism" class="extiw" title="wp:Messianic Judaism" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Messianic Judaism">messianic</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kahanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Kahanism">Kahanist</a> government we've ever had." Even the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> government condemned Ben-Gvir's racist rhertoric.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> </p><p>This rhetoric, of course, was hardly surprising. As an MP, Ben-Gvir wanted to grant immunity to Israeli soldiers who shot at Palestinians; dismissed the notion that Jewish violence against Arabs could be called terrorism; and desired to deport rival lawmakers as well as anti-<a href="/wiki/Zionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist">Zionist</a> groups like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neturei_Karta" class="extiw" title="wp:Neturei Karta" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Neturei Karta">Neturei Karta</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2023_Israel-Hamas_war_extremism">2023 Israel-Hamas war extremism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2023 Israel-Hamas war extremism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Ben-Gvir adapted an extremely hawkish position (tinged with his usual racism). For instance, Ben-Gvir was very hostile towards a temporary cease-fire that occurred in late November 2023, threatening to leave the governing coalition unless the war resumed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> Ben-Gvir was also vehemently opposed to humanitarian aid to Gaza, calling fuel aid gifts to "the enemy" and stating that such humanitarian efforts "broadcast weakness".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> </p><p>While Netanyahu's promised Ben-Gvir controlled "national guard" ended up being controlled by Israeli police,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> terrorist attacks, Ben-Gvir skirted around this by calling for civilians to "go, arm yourself" to defend themselves against future terrorist attacks. To help Israelis arm themselves, Ben-Govir successfully pushed to greatly loosen firearms restrictions. Ben-Gvir even purchased 10,000 rifles to help arm "civilian security militias" in Israeli border towns. (The later effort resulted in the head of the firearms permit body to resign after an Israeli paper revealed that Ben-Gvir's ministry was using unqualified personnel to approve the permits.) Critics worried that these weapons would be used by extremist Israelis in the (<a href="/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN">UN</a>-declared illegal) settler movement to commit violence against Palestinians. There were also general worries that pushing so many weapons out there would fuel non-political gang-related gun violence<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> </p><p>Under Ben-Gvir's watch, during the conflict, his ministry severely cracked down on social media posts. A mere single status update on Facebook expressing solidarity with Gaza could result in an arrest. (In a sign that many of these arrests were <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">bullshit</a>, only a handful of the arrests resulted in indictments.)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> In contrast, Ben-Gvir dismissed heightened deadly violence during the conflict by Israeli settlers against Palestinians as "graffiti" — a position that was so extreme, <a href="/wiki/Stopped_clock" title="Stopped clock">even Netanyahu rebuked it</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> </p><p>On December 12 2023, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> specifically called out Ben-Gvir in remarks detailing that Israel's "indiscriminate bombing" of Gaza was eroding conflict support of Israel by the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> </p><p>Ben-Gvir has, by his own admission, tanked numerous hostage deals.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Calls_for_ethnic_cleansing">Calls for ethnic cleansing</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Calls for ethnic cleansing">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>On January 1 2024, Ben-Gvir endorsed rebuilding settlements in the Gaza strip and encouraged "the migration of the (Palestinian) residents of Gaza", declaring that such a "solution" would be the "<a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">correct, just, moral, and humane solution.</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesmigrate-35">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> These remarks came shortly after similar remarks by the similarly racist and extremist politician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich" class="extiw" title="wp:Bezalel Smotrich" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Bezalel Smotrich">Bezalel Smotrich</span></a>;<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Smotrich advocated for "the voluntary migration of Gaza’s residents to countries that will agree to take in the refugees" and predicted that "Israel will permanently control the territory of the Gaza Strip,” including through the establishment of settlements.<sup id="cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesmigrate-35">[35]</a></sup> </p><p>These calls for "voluntary migration", which some saw as actually a call for <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup> were slammed by the then-leader of the Arab-Israeli political party Ta'al, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Tibi" class="extiw" title="wp:Ahmad Tibi" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Ahmad Tibi">Ahmad Tibi</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> as comparable to the <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalistic</a> <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">territorial expansion</a> concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum" class="extiw" title="wp:Lebensraum" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Lebensraum">Lebensraum</span></a>;<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Tibi also declared that such rhetoric was "inciting <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesmigrate-35">[35]</a></sup> The Biden administration also directly called out Smotrich and Ben-Gvir for "inflammatory and irresponsible" rhetoric, affirming that in the US's view, "Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> </p><p>The comments by Ben-Gvir and Smotrich underscored concerns in the Arab world that the end game of the conflict was to drive Palestinians out of land where they wanted to build a future state, enhancing the suspicion that, as Likud minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Dichter" class="extiw" title="wp:Avi Dichter" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Avi Dichter">Avi Dichter</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> stated in November 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> Israel was rolling out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba" class="extiw" title="wp:Nakba" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Nakba">"Nakba"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> for Gaza (<i>Nakba</i> being the name given to the violent displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people when Israel was established in 1948).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> Smotrich and Ben-Gvir were among those Israeli officials whom the <a href="/wiki/South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="South African">South African</a> government cited as having made expressions of genocidal intent in their application for proceedings to the International Court of Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup> </p><p>Despite the widespread international rebuke, both Ben-Gvir and Smotrich (and several other politicians, including some from Netanyahu's Likud party) attended a conference led by the radical Israeli settler organization <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachala_(organisation)" class="extiw" title="wp:Nachala (organisation)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Nachala (organisation)">Nachala</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> on January 28 2024. A massive map at the conference outlined the organizers' vision for settlements in Gaza — as expressed by the director of Nachala, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniella_Weiss" class="extiw" title="wp:Daniella Weiss" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Daniella Weiss">Daniella Weiss</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> the conference envisioned a future in which “all of [the] Gaza Strip is a part of the state of Israel, of the land of Israel" and where <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">the "presence of Arabs in Gaza" would "end"</a>. Ben-Gvir was one of the key speakers of the conference, declaring that there was a need to "encourage emigration" by Gazans and that to prevent future Hamas <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a> attacks, "we need to return home and control the land" of Gaza. Like the previous allusions to ethnic cleansing, this conference was widely condemned by multiple Israeli politicians, including prominent members of Israeli's war Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Systematic_prisoner_abuse">Systematic prisoner abuse</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Systematic prisoner abuse">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Ben-Gvir's ministry oversees Israel's prison system. Unsurprisingly, during Ben-Gvir's time in office, several reports emerged of systematic prisoner abuse (including sexual assault) and starvation. Between October 2023 and July 2024, the human rights group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27Tselem" class="extiw" title="wp:B'Tselem" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: B'Tselem">B'Tselem</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> claimed that at least 60 Palestinian prisoners have died in detention.<sup id="cite_ref-guardabuse_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardabuse-44">[44]</a></sup> Ben-Gvir acknowledged his role in the grim transformation of Israel's prison system, claiming that he was "proud of his prison policy" of tightening conditions "to the minimum required by law". While he denied starving the prisoners, he acknowledged that his policies called for "reducing conditions, including food and calories".<sup id="cite_ref-guardabuse_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardabuse-44">[44]</a></sup> </p><p>Shin Bet director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronen_Bar" class="extiw" title="wp:Ronen Bar" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Ronen Bar">Ronen Bar</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> was nonplussed about the deterioration of Israel's prisons under Ben Gvir — in July 2024, Bar warned that Israel's "incarnation crisis" was threatening Israel's national security and foreign relations, and that Israel was having difficulties repelling claims ("at least some of which are well founded") that Israel's prison conditions violated international law.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024, Israel was facing increasing allegations of <a href="/wiki/Torture" title="Torture">torture</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Teiman_detention_camp" class="extiw" title="wp:Sde Teiman detention camp" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Sde Teiman detention camp">Sde Teiman detention camp</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> of whose alleged abuses were of such gravity that critics compared them to the well-known abuses at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay" title="Guantanamo Bay">Guantanamo Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup> Indeed, one similar incident to Guantanamo Bay's torture tactics<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup> occurred when allegedly several IDF soldiers severely <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">sodomized</a> a Palestinian detainee, prompting the IDF to detain several soldiers pending an investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup> Ben-Gvir responded to this detention by denouncing it, calling the detention shameful and calling the accused soldiers "our best heroes". Referring to complaints regarding conditions at detention facilities, in the grand tradition of torture apologia, he proclaimed that "the summer camps and patience for the <a href="/wiki/Terrorists" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorists">terrorists</a> are over."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ben-gvir-details-role-of-his-national-guard-to-fight-terror-restore-governance/">"Ben Gvir details role of his National Guard to 'fight terror, restore governance'"</a>, <i>The Times of Israel</i>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/t5rPQ">"Why Israel's Police Force Is Troubled by Ben-Gvir's Shadow Militia"</a>, <i>Haaretz</i> (archived).</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jta.org/2023/04/02/israel/israel-advances-plan-for-2000-member-national-guard-demanded-by-far-right-minister">"Israel advances plan for 2,000-member national guard demanded by far-right minister"</a>, <i>Jewish Telegraphic Agency</i>.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Itamar_Ben-Gvir&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Maltz2016-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a 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NPR.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MargalitNewYorker-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-0">10.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-1">10.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-2">10.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-3">10.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-4">10.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-5">10.5</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-6">10.6</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MargalitNewYorker_10-7">10.7</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Ruth Margalit (February 20, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/27/itamar-ben-gvir-israels-minister-of-chaos">"Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of Chaos"</a>. <i>The New Yorker</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(October 27, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221027-israel-s-far-right-leader-ben-gvir-wins-adoring-young-fans">"Israel's far-right leader Ben-Gvir wins adoring young fans"</a> <i>France 24</i>. AFP.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65086871">"Israel judicial reform explained: What is the crisis about?"</a> by Raffi Berg, BBC, 2023 September 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-israel-judicial-reforms-engulf-gallant-protests-rcna76759">"Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul after protests paralyze Israel"</a> By Patrick Smith, Elizabeth Chuck and Ali Zelenko, NBC News, 2023 March 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-735580">"Ben-Gvir gets National Guard in exchange for support of judicial reform delay"</a> by Eliav Breuer, Jerusalem Post, 2023 March 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/04/01/in-israel-ben-gvir-is-building-his-national-guard-by-hand_6021397_4.html">"In Israel, Ben-Gvir is building his national guard by hand"</a> by Louis Imbert, Le Monde, 2023 April 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-747954">"Ben-Gvir: Settlers who torched Palestinian villages are 'sweet boys'"</a> by Jerusalem Post Staff, Jerusalem Post, 2023 June 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-national-flag-march-jerusalem-rattles-palestinians-2023-05-18/">"Israel's 'Flag March' in Jerusalem rattles Palestinians"</a> by Rami Amichay, Reuters, 2023 May 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/far-right-minister-says-israel-in-charge-during-visit-jerusalem-holy-site-2023-05-21/">"Far-right minister says Israel 'in charge' during visit to Jerusalem holy site"</a> by Reuters, 2023 May 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/europe/ben-gvir-visit-israel-jerusalem-intl/index.html">"Divisive Israeli minister visits key Jerusalem holy site, drawing condemnation"</a> by Mick Krever and Kareem Khadder, CNN, 2023 July 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-arrested-for-spitting-at-christians-in-jerusalem-police-minister-its-not-criminal/">"5 arrested for spitting at Christians in Jerusalem; police minister: It’s not criminal"</a> by Times of Israel staff, Times of Israel, 2023 October 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66614459">"US condemns Israeli minister Ben Gvir's 'inflammatory' Palestinian comments"</a> by Tom Bateman, BBC, 2023 August 25</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-714846">"If elected, I will deport anyone who acts against the State of Israel - Ben-Gvir"</a> by Eliav Breuer, Jerusalem Post, 2022 August 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-jerusalem-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-189ef3fc8c82d7163c1339e64bb1e40f">"Far-right Ben-Gvir to be Israel’s national security minister"</a>, AP News, 2022 November 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/middleeast/netanyahu-cease-fire-politics.html">"Some in Netanyahu’s Government Pressure Him to Reject Longer Cease-Fire"</a> by Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 2023 November 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/benjamin-netanyahu-scrambles-quell-revolt-far-right-israel-government-gaza-fuel-palestine-conflict/">"Netanyahu scrambles to quell revolt by far right over Gaza fuel"</a> by Jamie Dettmer, Politico, 2023 November 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-776517">"National Guard to be under Israel Police, not national security minister - report"</a> by Jerusalem Post Staff, Jerusalem Post, 2023 December 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/260000-firearm-permits-sought-since-oct-7-after-ben-gvir-push-to-arm-civilians/">"260,000 firearm permits sought since Oct. 7, after Ben Gvir’s push to arm civilians"</a> by Carrie Keller-Lynn, Times of Isarel, 2023 December 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/12/06/1216088371/guns-israel-hamas-gaza">"Israel is trying to arm more citizens with guns since the Hamas attack"</a> by Scott Neuman and Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 2023 December 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/middleeast/israel-guns-hamas-far-right/index.html">"Israelis are arming up in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack. Some are worried it is playing to the far right’s vision for the country"</a> by Tara John and Adi Koplewitz, CNN, 2023 November 14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/05/middleeast/palestinians-israel-fear-arrest-gaza-intl-cmd/index.html">"‘The reaction is extreme’: Palestinians fear arrest if they voice sympathy for Gaza civilians"</a> by Ivana Kottasova and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 2023 November 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prospect.org/world/2023-12-12-palestinians-imprisoned-social-media-posts/">"Israel Rounds Up Palestinians for Social Media Posts"</a> by Luke Goldstein, American Prospect, 2023 December 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-shin-bet-warnings-ben-gvir-said-to-dismiss-deadly-settler-violence-as-graffiti/">"Amid Shin Bet warnings, Ben Gvir said to dismiss deadly settler violence as ‘graffiti’"</a> by Times of Israel staff, Times of Israel, 2023 November 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-israel-hamas-oct-7-44c4229d4c1270d9cfa484b664a22071">"Biden takes a tougher stance on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate bombing’ of Gaza"</a> by Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani, AP News, 2023 December 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="Template:Sfnref" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-says-he-repeatedly-foiled-hostage-deals-urges-smotrich-to-help-him-stop-this-one/">"Ben Gvir says he repeatedly foiled hostage deals, urges Smotrich to help him stop this one"</a>. <i>The Times of Israel</i>. 2025-01-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2025-01-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+Israel&rft.atitle=Ben+Gvir+says+he+repeatedly+foiled+hostage+deals%2C+urges+Smotrich+to+help+him+stop+this+one&rft.date=2025-01-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2Fben-gvir-says-he-repeatedly-foiled-hostage-deals-urges-smotrich-to-help-him-stop-this-one%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AItamar+Ben-Gvir" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-timesmigrate-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-0">35.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-1">35.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-timesmigrate_35-2">35.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-call-for-resettling-gazas-palestinians-building-settlements-in-strip/">"Far-right ministers call to ‘resettle’ Gaza’s Palestinians, build settlements in Strip"</a> by Sam Sokol, Times of Israel, 2024 January 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/vi2Jq#selection-429.0-429.233">"את קידום הפתרון לעידוד הגירה של תושבי עזה, אנחנו חייבים לקדם. זה פתרון נכון, צודק, מוסרי והומני. יש לנו פרטנרים ברחבי העולם שאנחנו יכולים להסתייע בהם. עידוד הגירה של תושבי עזה יאפשר לנו להחזיר הביתה את תושבי העוטף ואת תושבי גוש קטיף."</a>, Itamar Ben-Gvir (@itamarbengvir), Twitter, 2024 January 1 (archived on 2024 January 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/IERTh">"The US needs to do much more than just rhetorical condemnation at this point. Smotrich and Ben Gvir are openly advocating for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. To just refer to them as "irresponsible" is counter-productive."</a>, Thomas Juneau (@thomasjuneau), Twitter, 2024 January 2, archived on 2024 January 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.gov/rejection-of-irresponsible-statements-on-resettlement-of-palestinians-outside-of-gaza/">"Rejection of Irresponsible Statements on Resettlement of Palestinians Outside of Gaza"</a>, Press Statement, Matthew Miller, US Department of State, 2024 January 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-nakba-israels-far-right-palestinian-fears-hamas-war-rcna123909">"‘Nakba 2023’: Israel right-wing ministers' comments add fuel to Palestinian fears"</a> by Chantal da Silva, NBC News, 2023 November 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-minister-calls-voluntary-emigration-gazans-2023-11-14/">"Israeli minister calls for voluntary emigration of Gazans"</a>, Reuters, 2023 November 14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf">Application of Instituting Proceedings</a> by the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa (December 28, 2023) <i>International Court of Justice</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/right-wing-israeli-ministers-join-thousands-event-calling-countrys-res-rcna135863">"Right-wing Israeli ministers join thousands at event calling for the resettlement of Gaza"</a> by Chantal da Silva, NBC News, 2024 January 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-ministers-join-ultranationalist-conference-urging-gaza-resettlement-2024-01-29/">"Israeli ministers join ultranationalist conference urging Gaza resettlement"</a>, Reuters, 2024 January 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guardabuse-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-guardabuse_44-0">44.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-guardabuse_44-1">44.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/05/torture-abuse-and-humiliation-palestinians-on-israeli-prison-hell">"Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’"</a> by Emma Graham-Harrison, Sufian Taha, Bethan MKernan, and Quique Kierszenbaum, Guardian, 2024 August 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/29/palestinian-prisoners-israel-jails-abuse/">"Palestinians recount deadly abuse in Israeli prisons: ‘It is Guantánamo’"</a> by Loveday Morris and Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 2024 July 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/7/4/israels-sde-teiman-is-so-similar-to-guantanamo-for-a-reason">"Israel’s Sde Teiman is so similar to Guantanamo for a reason"</a> by Mansoor Adayfi, Al Jazeera, 2024 July 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestinians-sde-teiman-3ca025f6ca412ce07c0c41cf11c52c6f">"Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment"</a> by Julia Frankel, AP News, 2024 June 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article107451907.html">"‘Sodomized’ Guantánamo captive to undergo rectal surgery"</a> by Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, 2019 April 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-court-extends-arrest-of-8-soldiers-accused-of-abusing-palestinian-detainee/">"IDF court extends arrest of 8 soldiers accused of abusing Palestinian detainee"</a> by Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, 2024 July 31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span 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