Itamar Ben-Gvir
Reform movement leader likens Ben-Gvir to David Duke
“He’s someone who has made a career out of hatred and encouraging violence,” said Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Otzma Yehudit leader.
The move comes amid coalition negotiations over whether RZP head Bezalel Smotrich will receive the defense portfolio, and reports that Shas leader Aryeh Deri may be barred from serving as a minister due to past legal troubles.
After Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a ceremony commemorating 32 years since Rabbi Meir Kahane’s assassination, State Department spokesperson Ned Price had said that “celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization is abhorrent.”
No family should be afraid to visit the Western Wall, said Otzma Yehudit chair MK Itamar-Ben Gvir.
“It’s about time that the soldiers of the IDF and the policemen get support and backing,” says the Otzma Yehudit party leader.
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses MK Ram Ben Barak of incitement; Ben Barak: “I would never compare anyone in Israel and the world to Hitler.”
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) recently departed from convention through their comments on Member of Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party.
The right-wing MK spoke after Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) warned his inclusion in government would harm relations with Washington.
Police detain three Jewish and a number of Muslim worshippers on the Mount for “disturbing the peace,” declaring that Israel has “no intention of allowing any provocations.”
Likud cancels chairmanship primaries, sets internal elections for the Knesset slate for Aug. 10 • Former Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On announces political comeback, to go up against Yair Golan on Aug. 23.
Arab rioters barricaded themselves in the Al Aqsa mosque hurling rocks and setting off fireworks from a window • MK Itamar Ben-Gvir: “The fact that we live here stirs them up and makes them angry.”
In addition to wanting to kill public figures, including far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, the cell planned to launch an armed drone at Jerusalem light rail, according to Israeli security forces.
