Itamar Ben-Gvir

The Israeli parliament has approved on its first reading a controversial bill permitting the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis for “nationalist reasons.” Proposed by far-right Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s party, the…

Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, accompanied by a group of Jewish extremists, entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and prayed, becoming the first Israeli cabinet minister to openly worship there. The visit, held…