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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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 Otzma Yehudit party head Itamar Ben Gvir holds a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on November 18, 2024.

Police indict three Palestinians for allegedly planning to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir

Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024

Clash between gov't and attorney general reaching boiling point

 THE WRITER and US Rep. Mike Lawler, co-sponsor of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, pose after the legislation passed in the House of Representatives.

JFNA executive's Gaza comments spark controversy amid rising tensions over US politics

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 LEFT: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara RIGHT: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir, Smotrich call on Netanyahu to fire attorney general

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

A-G to Netanyahu: Reconsider Ben-Gvir's position as national security minister

(L-R) National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Biden should sanction Ben-Gvir, Smotrich before leaving office, Democrats say

 A view of the home demolitions in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev, November 14, 2024.

National Security Ministry, ILA approves demolition of mosque, homes in unrecognized Bedouin town

 Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022.

Controversial 'Rabbis Law' returns to Knesset plenum

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 encouraged illegal use of stun grenades during judicial reform protests, leaks show

Israelis take to the streets in Tel Aviv following Yoav Gallant's firing, November 5, 2024

'Take to the streets': Opposition calls for mass protests after Gallant's firing

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Illustrative)

Knesset approves Israel's 2025 budget despite threats of opposition

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stands at the government's table in the Knesset plenum. His announcement on easing the threshold conditoins ofr license seekers was a reckless move that takes advantage of the public's fear, the writer argues.

Ben-Gvir threatens AG on 'The Patriots'

 Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich attend a plenum session on forming the government, in the Israeli parliament, on December 29, 2022.

Smotrich is 'arrogant': Ben-Gvir lashes out at finance minister after budget clash

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a committee meeting in the Knesset.

Under the cover of war, the current gov't destroys Israel’s democratic systems

By OFER DAGAN
Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara listens on as she attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024.

Attorney-general freezes police commissioner decision to remove legal adviser

Tourist visit at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023.

Saudi Arabia calls on int'l community to hold Israel accountable for Jews going up Temple Mount

 British Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron delivers a speech at the National Cyber Security Centre in London, Britain. Picture date: Thursday May 9, 2024.

David Cameron: I planned to sanction Israeli ministers

 UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. (illustrative)

UK PM Starmer: Sanctions are being considered on Smotrich and Ben-Gvir