In recent years, Israeli politics has undergone a dramatic shake-up, the most vivid embodiment of which is Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The acting Minister of National Security and leader of the far-right party “Otzma Yehudit“ (“Jewish Power“) has become an extremely controversial figure on a global scale. For some, he is the “voice of truth“, for others – a dangerous instigator whose words systematically blow up the chances of peace in the Middle East.
The Roots of Hate: The Boy Who Radicalized Himself
Contrary to expectations, Ben-Gvir did not grow up in an ultra-religious family. Born in 1976 in Jerusalem to Iraqi Jews, he spent his childhood in a moderate, secular environment. However, his worldview was sharply changed at the age of 12, when the First Palestinian Intifada (1987) broke out. Fear of street violence pushed him towards political extremism.
As a teenager, he found his mentor in the racist rabbi Meir Kahane - founder of the “Kah“ movement, preaching the complete expulsion of Arabs from Israel. The ideology of “Kahanism“ imprints a black-and-white reality in the mind of the young Ben-Gvir: the conflict is a struggle for survival, in which compromise is tantamount to betrayal.
Marked by the System: No Barracks, But with a Criminal Record
Ben-Gvir's radicalization is so profound that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officially prohibits him from doing his mandatory military service – a precedent that later became a paradox, since today this same man leads the country's police force.
In 1995, he gained national fame after breaking the emblem from Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's car and declaring to the cameras:
„We got to his car, we'll get to him too.“
(Weeks later, Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing extremist).
In the living room of his house, Ben-Gvir kept a portrait of Baruch Goldstein for years – the terrorist who killed 29 Muslims in a mosque in Hebron. His record includes at least 8 convictions for inciting racism and supporting a terrorist organization. Instead of the army, he invested his time in law. As a lawyer, he defended Jewish extremists for decades, which taught him how to use the law as a weapon.
Words as Weapons: The Minister's Most Drastic Quotes
Ben-Gvir brings the mentality of a “street thug” directly to the governance of the state. His public statements often cross the boundaries of conventional politics and enter the realm of outright dehumanization.
- On the hanging and execution of prisoners: In one of his most scandalous video addresses, distributed on social networks, Ben-Gwir openly called for the physical liquidation of Palestinian prisoners:
„They should be killed. They should be shot in the head. We should pass the death penalty law and send them to the gallows. And until then - we will give them the minimum amount of food and water to survive.“
- For the right to the belly in Gaza: Prez August 2026, regarding the military operation, that will explode the international community with think:
„Tryabva and izvarshvame targeted killings, and elimination of 30-40 Palestinians every night. Those are not good, they don’t deserve to live.“
- For the hierarchy on Choveshkite rights:In a television interview, openly defend discrimination against Western Bryag:
„It’s right, it’s right for the wife and for the tens of it, and it’s moving along the roads to Judea and Samaria (Western Bryag), and it’s important to move to the Arabite. Sorry, but it’s real.“
- For the battle on Ivitsata Gaza:Ben-Gvir openly called for the ethnic expulsion and re-settlement of Palestinian territories:
„Tryabva, let's not give up voluntary emigration to residents of Gaza. Tryabva, let's take control of the house, let's fence off the villages there again, and let's take control.“
From street guy to government official: Provocation method
Kato minister at the nationality sigurnost in the coalition against Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir received unprecedented power. Strategies mu vinaga e beat edna i scha: intelligently visiting nay-neuralgic points – Some Palestinian neighborhoods or Khramoviya Khalm (Al-Aqsa complex), where you conduct Jewish prayers in violation of the historical statue. Anticipate the harmlessness of the creeping political scene, for and prove the „aggression on the Arabite“.
Prez May 2026, publishing a video in which activists from the international humanitarian flotilla „Global Sumud“ – act, determined from the property of my colleague, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar, cato „shameful show“.
International echo and isolation
Dnes Itamar Ben-Gvir e isoliran from po-golyama is frequent from the light. Redica of the European countries (France, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia) mu nalozhikha personalni zabrani za vlizane (Persona Non Grata). The European Union was discussing sanctions and would strike him for the extension to ezik na omrazata, and the USSR and Germany categorically rejected the statement that it was “inhumane and a gross violation of international law.” Since November 2025, Turkey has issued a commandment for negligence, arrest on charges of complicity in genocide.
Despite the international onslaught and mass discontent in Israel today, Ben-Gvir remains unattainable. Negovata party holds the key to the parliamentary majority in the Knesset. For Prime Minister Netanyahu, the dismissal of Ben-Gvir bi meant padane for the government. Tova turned a radical minister into a highly influential hostage to the Israeli government, and her personal attitude was “sick to the stomach.” day determining the course of history in the region.