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Itamar Ben-Gvir ( ; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli lawyer and politician, who serves as the Minister of National Security .1He is additionally a member of the Knesset and leader of Otzma Yehudit . His political position has been described as far-right . Ben-Gvir, a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank , has faced charges of hate speech against Arabs and was known to have a portrait in his living room of Israeli-American terrorist Baruch Goldstein , who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in Hebron , in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre . He removed the portrait after he entered politics. He was also previously convicted of supporting a terrorist group known as Kach , which espoused Kahanism , an extremist religious Zionist ideology. Under his leadership, the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a party which espouses Kahanism and anti-Arabism , won six seats in the 2022 Israeli legislative election , and is represented in what has been called the most right-wing and hardline government in Israel's history.2 He has called for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to Israel. Ben Gvir is "widely known for his openly racist, anti-Arab views and activities". Ben Gvir had been long accused of being a provocateur, having previously led several visits to the Temple Mount as activist and member of Knesset, contentious marches through Jerusalem 's Old City Muslim Quarter , and set up an office in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood which witnessed several evictions of Palestinians . On 3 January 2023, he visited the Temple Mount where the al-Aqsa Mosque is located, spurring an international wave of criticism that labelled his visit purposely provocative.3As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jewish radicals and terrorists on trial in Israel.4Israel National News . 11 December 2016 .5 The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel .
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Itamar Ben-Gvir ( ; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli lawyer, and a leader in the Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit party. He is known for defending Jewish radicals on trial in Israel. He has called for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to Israel. Ben-Gvir is currently running for a seat in the Knesset in the upcoming elections in the first slot of the Otzma Yehudit electoral list.
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Israeli lawyer and far-right politician (born 1976) Itamar Ben-Gvir ( Hebrew : אִיתָמָר בֶּן גְּבִיר [itaˈmaʁ benˈgviʁ] ; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli far-right politician and lawyer who is serving as the Minister of National Security since 2025.He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit ('Jewish Power'), a Kahanist and anti-Arab party that won six seats in the 2022 legislative election , and is part of what is widely regarded as the most right-wing government in Israel's history .Ben-Gvir is a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank , whose "political background lies in Kahanism - a violently racist movement that supports the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands".He has a long history of anti-Arab activism leading to dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions of crimes including incitement to racism and support for, as well as possession of propaganda of, a terrorist organization (the now illegal political party Kach ).As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jews accused of Jewish extremist terrorism on trial in Israel.Ben-Gvir is known for being a provocateur and has grabbed headlines for a variety of reasons; threatening Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on live television in 1995 shortly before his assassination , having had a portrait in his living room of Baruch Goldstein , a Jewish extremist terrorist and mass murderer, calling for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to Israel in 2019, inciting violent clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in 2021, and for making highly controversial visits to the Temple Mount , where the al-Aqsa Mosque is located, in 2023 and 2024.On 18 January 2025, it was reported that Ben-Gvir intended to resign from his ministerial position in response to the approval and implementation of the three-phase Gaza war ceasefire deal .He resigned from his position on 19 January 2025; it was announced two months later that he and other party members would return to the government after an agreement was reached, following the continuation of airstrikes in Gaza . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel .
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israeli lawyer
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israeli far-right politician and lawyer who is serving as the minister of national security since 2025
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