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Bentzi" Gopstein ( Hebrew : בן־ציון "בנצי" גופשטיין ; born 10 September 1969) is a political activist affiliated with the far-right in Israel , a student of Meir Kahane , and founder and director of Lehava ("Flame"), an Israeli Jewish anti-assimilation organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba , an Israeli settlement where Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir also resides, between 2010 and 2013. In November 2019, he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence, and racism. In April 2024, he was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State and the European Union . He is listed with his name spelled in several variations on the sanctions list of the U.S. Department of the Treasury . "המרכז שנלחם בארגון להב"ה: "כסות יהודית שנועדה להסתיר גזענות" " [Center fighting organization Lehava: 'Using Judaism as a cloak to conceal racism']. "Extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as violent activists, blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza: five individuals and three entities sanctioned under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime" .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ben-Zion Gopstein ( also Bentzi Gophstein or Bentzi Gophstain) (born September 10, 1969 ) is a political activist affiliated with the radical right in Israel, a student of Rabbi Meir Kahane , and director of Lehava , an Israeli Jewish anti-assimilation organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba from 2010-2013.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Ben-Zion "Bentzi" Gophstein ( , born 10 September 1969) is a political activist affiliated with the radical right in Israel, a student of Meir Kahane , and founder and director of Lehava , an Israeli Jewish anti-assimilation organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba , 2010-2013. In November 2019, he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence and racism."המרכז שנלחם בארגון להב"ה: "כסות יהודית שנועדה להסתיר גזענות" " [Center fighting organization Lehava: 'Using Judaism as a cloak to conceal racism'].
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ben-Zion "Bentzi" Gophstein ( , born 10 September 1969) is a political activist affiliated with the far-right in Israel, a student of Meir Kahane , and founder and director of Lehava , an Israeli Jewish anti-assimilation organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba , 2010-2013. In November 2019, he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence, and racism. "המרכז שנלחם בארגון להב"ה: "כסות יהודית שנועדה להסתיר גזענות" " [Center fighting organization Lehava: 'Using Judaism as a cloak to conceal racism'].
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political activist affiliated with the radical right in israel
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israeli activist
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