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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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 Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen at an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.

Ben-Gvir receives backlash for publishing picture of arrested minor

 Itamar Ben Gvir

Purim Shpiel: Ben-Gvir banned from ‘va’ad bayit’ meetings

By Eliav Brewmaster
 Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference on February 29, 2024

Instead of working with Biden, Netanyahu chose to submit to Ben-Gvir, Smotrich

By SHLOMO SHAMIR
 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen outside the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024.

Ben-Gvir to Netanyahu: ‘You are Gallant’s boss, rein him in'

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir (2R) and Minister of Environmental Protection Idit Silman (R) attend a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023.

Security cabinet approves delegation for hostage negotiations in Qatar

 A series of polls this week gave Sa'ar the surprisingly low number of five or six seats.

The ins and outs of Gideon Sa'ar's political bombshell

Itamar Ben-Gvir scuffles with MK Ahmad Tibi in the Knesset plenum, March 13, 2024

Ben-Gvir, Arab MKs clash over police shooting of Palestinian teen in Knesset

 Last weekend was particularly bloody. Said Qaaden, who was killed in a shooting last night in Baqa al-Gharbia

Arab sector violence: How much spilled blood will Israel allow?

By Amnon Barry Soliciano , Dr. Thabat Abu Ras
 Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben Gabir in the Knesset

Netanyahu rejecting Ben-Gvir's Ramadan demand signals a return to sanity

By Ehud Yatom
 The streets of Bethlehem were empty two days before Christmas on Friday, December 22, 2023.

Israel moves 70 orphans from Gaza to the West Bank - report

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a special committee in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 18, 2022.

Ben-Gvir: Police can't deal with Temple Mount traffic, cabinet must convene

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks at a convention in Jerusalem on January 28, calling for Israel to rebuild settlements in the Gaza Strip.

Why did the High Court let a far-right Kahanist run for office?

By MORDECHAI BECK
 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at a  press conference with Israeli Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai (unseen) at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023.

Ex-police official: 'Ben-Gvir may ignite conflict during Ramadan'

The fake ID of the Nof HaGalil resident suspected of impersonating Itamar Ben Gvir

Israeli man charged with impersonating Ben-Gvir, committing fraud

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir

Itamar Ben-Gvir denied intel briefings; calls claims 'childish'