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Itamar Ben-Gvir

Itamar Ben-Gvir is an Israeli lawyer and lawmaker who is the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party. He currently serves as the country's national security minister. 

Though born in Mevaseret Zion near Jerusalem, Ben-Gvir now resides as a settler in Hebron in the West Bank and has made several controversial trips to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He has faced numerous charges of hate speech and was convicted of supporting the terrorist group Kach, the party founded by extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane. He remains an incredibly divisive figure in Israeli politics to this day.

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High Court requests state's response regarding security prisoners' basic food

 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a plenum session on the state budget in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, December 16, 2024.

Ben-Gvir announces salary hike for police officers without finance ministry approval

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir, December 16, 2024

Coalition in crisis? Despite Ben-Gvir rebellion, Knesset passes 2025 budget's first reading

Likud lawmakers attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, December 10, 2024

Likud ministers, MKs decry 'unjust' proceedings in Netanyahu trial

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Ben-Gvir dismisses accusations of Moalem, calls them 'politically motivated'

By EFRAT FORSHER
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Looking at Itamar Ben-Gvir's gun reform one year later and the tensions it has created

By EFRAT FORSHER
 Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2024.

IPS chief suspected of warning police cmdr. of ongoing covert investigation

By EFRAT FORSHER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a committee meeting in the Knesset.

Investigations into senior police, IPS officers reflect rot in security institutions

 LEFT: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara RIGHT: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Sensitive material and bribery: New details on IPS chief scandal

By EFRAT FORSHER
Nationl Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a ceremony for the new Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi, in Jerusalem. May 27, 2024.

Police detain officers close to Ben-Gvir for multiple crimes of moral corruption

 A view shows the Dome of the Rock on Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, February 20, 2024

Ben-Gvir initiates policy to regulate mosque noise level

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY head Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month. The PA has actively supported and incentivized Palestinian terrorism, the writer charges.

Smotrich backs down as cabinet approves measures to prevent Palestinian Authority collapse

By YAKI ADAMKER , Walla!
 The remnants of a car explosion which killed two people near Ramle, November 27, 2024.

Car explosion leaves two dead, as residents rage against Police impotence

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Ben-Gvir's adviser one of four suspected in recent weapons distribution incident

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wipes tears from his eyes as he recounts the sacrifices of the Religious Zionist community, October 28, 2024.

Global leaders express contrasting opinions on Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

By Eyal Green , SARAH MOSKOWITZ
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Israeli right-wing politicians express opposition to emerging Israel-Lebanon agreement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in public address after ICC rules arrest warrant against him on November 21, 2024

Netanyahu rallies support for Lebanon settlement amid right-wing criticism

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024

Five members of Ben-Gvir's office investigated over unlawfully issuing firearms licenses - report