Posts Tagged: Itamar Ben-Gvir
10,500 Palestinians Left Gaza Over Past Year, New Data Show, Amid Israeli Ministers’ Renewed Voluntary Emigration Push
About 10,500 Palestinians have left the Gaza Strip over the past year while roughly 6,000 have returned, new figures show, challenging accusations that Israel is...
Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Banned From French Territory
France has decided to ban Israel's far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from French territory, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Saturday, adding that this reflected...
Freed Gaza Flotilla Activists Allege Israeli Abuse Including Rape
Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers said on Friday,...
Netanyahu, Sa’ar Rebuke Ben-Gvir Over Flotilla Video as Pro-Israel Voices Warn of Strategic, Diplomatic Damage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar issued rare public rebukes of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday after he filmed...
Israel’s Ben-Gvir Visits Temple Mount
Israel's far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying he was seeking greater access for Jewish worshipers and drawing...
‘Jewish Blood Is Not Cheap’: Israel Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinian Terrorists
Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a contentious law allowing the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists from the West Bank, a move supporters said was needed...
Netanyahu Faces Far-Right Backlash After US-Backed Statement on Palestinian State
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel remained opposed to a Palestinian state after protests by far-right coalition allies over a US-backed statement indicating support for...
Israeli Parliament Advances Death Penalty Bill for Convicted Terrorists
The Israeli parliament has advanced a bill that would mandate the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists convicted of killing Israeli citizens, with some lawmakers believing it would prevent future prisoner-release deals. In a vote held late...
Israel’s Shin Bet Says It Thwarted Attack on National Security Minister Ben Gvir
Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence service said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and that members of a Hamas cell had been arrested. The planned Hamas attack against...
‘Don’t Trade Me’: Israel’s Impossible Dilemma Amid Gaza War
A quiet yet chilling practice has emerged among some Israeli soldiers serving in the Gaza war: They are writing to their families, asking not to...
Abbas May Declare a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly
i24 News - "Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering unilaterally declaring the formation of a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General...
Ben-Gvir Joined by Thousands for Prayer at Temple Mount
i24 News - On the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av, which mourns the destruction of the First and Second Temples, National Security Minister Itamar...
Britain, Allies Sanction Israeli Ministers for ‘Inciting Violence’; Jerusalem Slams ‘Outrageous’ Move
Britain and four other nations on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, a...
Yale University Students Abort Anti-Israel Encampment Attempts After Warning From Officials
Yalies4Palestine attempted to establish a so-called "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the Beinecke Plaza section of Yale University's campus on Tuesday evening, prompting a quick disciplinary...
