Itamar Ben-Gvir

Far-right groups branded ‘terrorists’ after 53 arrests

Yesh Atid MK Meirav Cohen denounced La Familia group after protesters supporting judicial reform plans attacked Arabs and journalists last Monday

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Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה ירושלים רפורמה הפגנ ימין

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Netanyahu pauses judicial reform after striking deal with Ben Gvir

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Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the entrance to the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ??? ??????? ????? ????? ?? ????

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Ben Gvir threatens to quit coalition if judicial reforms halted

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(L to R) Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party, and Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Religious Zionist Party, attend a rally with supporters in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 26, 2022. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel’s religious Zionists live in a world that ended generations ago

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Ben-Gvir clashes with AG over reversed decision to sack Tel Aviv police chief

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Right-wing politician MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen after visiting the Temple Mount, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 31, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** איתמר בן גביר משטרה הר הבית ירושלים העיר העתיקה

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Former police chiefs warn Ben-Gvir's rhetoric could lead to third intifada

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Ben-Gvir fury after police contradict claim that protesters plan to ‘murder’ him

Opposition leader Yair Lapid called Ben-Gvir a liar and a 'clown'

By Jenni Frazer

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March 6, 2023 17:48

Ben-Gvir fury after police contradict claim that protesters plan to ‘murder’ him

By Anshel Pfeffer

For Netanyahu, the problem with his coalition is it’s just too cohesive

The majority won by the Likud and like-minded parties meant that the partners maximised their demands and the PM was forced to accept most of them

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March 2, 2023 13:56

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri during a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Ben-Gvir assassination plot foiled as violence erupts at Tel Aviv protest

A resident of east Jerusalem has been arrested for the alleged plan to kill the far-right minister

By Ben Bloch

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March 1, 2023 11:40

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to bystanders as he walks to the site of a reported attack in a settler neighborhood in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on January 27, 2023. - At least seven people were killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Friday January 27, 2023, with the gunman killed at the scene, police and medics said. "Earlier this evening at around 8:30 pm (1830 GMT), a terrorist arrived at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov boulevard in Jerusalem and proceeded to shoot at a number of people in the area," a police statement said. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Mr Cleverly rejected the 'apartheid' descriptor for Israel, but criticised settlements in the West Bank

By Ben Bloch

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February 24, 2023 17:13

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

By Anshel Pfeffer

King Bibi has done the impossible: united Israel against him

From Meretz MKs to fomer Likud ministers; all sides joined the protests against Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms

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February 16, 2023 14:59

King Bibi has done the impossible: united Israel against him

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The Jewish diaspora must speak out against Netanyahu's reforms

Jewish Labour officers argue that Netanyahu's proposed reforms are of those who want to rig Israel’s political and judicial system to cling to power

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February 7, 2023 10:49

Thousands take to the streets of rain-soaked Tel Aviv to protest against government

An estimated 80,000 people demonstrated against proposed changes to Israel's judicial system

By Maya Orbach

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January 15, 2023 11:49

Thousands take to the streets of rain-soaked Tel Aviv to protest against government

Outgoing IDF Chief warns that Iran has enough material for four nukes

Mr Kohavi also denounced the new government’s efforts to change the military command structure

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 15, 2023 10:32

Israeli Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi takes part in a candle lightning ceremony with Israeli soldiers on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in Jerusalem on November 29, 2021. - Bennett earlier charged that Iran was re-entering talks on its nuclear programme to seek sanctions relief in exchange for "almost nothing," insisting Tehran should "not be rewarded." (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

New Israeli security minister to ban Palestinian flags from flying in public

Itamar Ben-Gvir said displaying the flags is a 'form of supporting terror'

By Georgia L Gilholy

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January 9, 2023 12:22

A man holds a Palestinian flag near young jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022. Photo by Jamal AwadFlash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ??????? ????? ??? ???

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Itamar Ben-Gvir

Far-right groups branded ‘terrorists’ after 53 arrests

Netanyahu pauses judicial reform after striking deal with Ben Gvir

Ben Gvir threatens to quit coalition if judicial reforms halted

Israel’s religious Zionists live in a world that ended generations ago

Call for Board of Deputies to ban contact with Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir clashes with AG over reversed decision to sack Tel Aviv police chief

Former police chiefs warn Ben-Gvir's rhetoric could lead to third intifada

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