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Israel’s far-right national security minister led prayers on Sunday at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, drawing international condemnation and escalating tensions as Israel faces strong criticism over the war in Gaza.

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Calling terrorist Ben-Gvir provocative is underselling it a bit. Having a kahanist as a minister AT ALL is beyond provocative but proof you've got a terrorist coalition.

And I'm not calling him a terrorist out of hyperbole. Israel itself convicted him of being in a terrorist group and he explicitly was supportive of Rabin's assassination for trying to reach a peace deal, as the article notes.

“We got to his car, and we’ll get to him too,” he said, just weeks before Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist

Even the framing of this recent action is dumb. If course he got away with it with no pushback. He's the fucking minister of security and oversees the police.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ben-Gvir has been convicted eight times for offenses that include racism and supporting a terrorist organization. The army banned him from compulsory military service when he was a teen, deeming his views too extreme.

But it's ok to be Minister of National Security...

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Yes, if your national security are a terrorist group.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Having defended the perpetrators of the 2015 Duma arson attack in which vigilante settlers firebombed the home of a family in a Palestinian village, resulting in the deaths of a 18 month baby and its parents,[58] it was controversial that Ben-Gvir, along with Bentzi Gopstein, were seen attending the wedding of a couple related to the perpetrators, which became known as the wedding of hate, in which the weddinggoers could be seen waving rifles, guns and firebombs and even stabbing a photograph of the Palestinian toddler who was killed.

What a fucking piece of shit.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago

Ben-Gvir has been convicted eight times for offenses that include racism and supporting a terrorist organization. The army banned him from compulsory military service when he was a teen, deeming his views too extreme.

Psychopath holds government office. Proof enough that the Israeli state is not worth defending.

[–] rhvg@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This made me realize Israelis are not hesitant to kill their own leader if they are too peaceful, not the other way around. Interesting….

[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You should read up on the history of Israel; this literally happened.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago

Zionist fascist fuck is terrible person.

More news at 11

[–] thelittleerik@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

All the more reason to support the dissolution of Israel.