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Haaretz - 17:45 Oct 01, 2026
Months after a similar video was ruled illegal election propaganda, Israel's far-right national security minister is again posting footage from prison visits. Ben-Gvir has made becoming defense minister a central campaign goal -
Haaretz - 17:02 Sep 22, 2026
'It is time for someone from outside who is not bound by the old conceptions,' Ben-Gvir said, adding that he wants to ease the IDF's rules of engagement, making it easier for soldiers to open fire at Palestinians -
Haaretz - 16:57 Sep 22, 2026
The decision comes despite the police having provided Ben-Gvir with such information for two years, contrary to procedure. Last week, the National Security Ministry and police both issued guidelines forbidding joint meetings -
Haaretz - 10:21 Sep 18, 2026
Tensions seem higher between Danny Levy and Itamar Ben-Gvir, with a ministry official refusing to attend a hurried police meeting and Ben-Gvir blocking police budgets. Levy thinks Ben-Gvir's days in the role are numbered, sources say -
Haaretz - 12:49 Sep 17, 2026
Netanyahu is seeking to move about seven seats from the opposition bloc to Likud, while Ben-Gvir wishes to expand his party's strength by drawing voters from within the right, as his party falls in the polls -
Haaretz - 14:09 Sep 06, 2026
Israel's top court forbade Ben-Gvir from making appointments to senior police positions without approval from police leadership, and reinforced that decision last week. Still, the minister tried to push allies to key positions before the election -
Haaretz - 11:49 Sep 04, 2026
Gotliv, who was pushed down to the 20th place on Likud's slot and said she was the victim of a political 'targeted assassination,' was commended by Ben-Gvir for her 'fight against the deep-state and the attorney general' -
Haaretz - 20:06 Aug 27, 2026
Netanyahu was quick to launch a campaign to unite the far-right Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties, but Ben-Gvir has rejected the move. His aides claim that Smotrich is driving away electors, particularly ultra-Orthodox and Mizrahi voters, toward Ofer Winter's new party -
Haaretz - 19:10 Jul 27, 2026
A recording filed recently to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court reveals that, 15 years ago, Ben-Gvir pressured a far-right activist to 'take the fall' in an incitement case in which he was allegedly a suspect. The judge ignored the new information -
Haaretz - 16:42 Jul 21, 2026
Israeli authorities said the 29-year-old Mohammed Awad contacted Hamas to join the group's ranks and receive resources for the attack • Ben-Gvir said it is the 'ninth time' he has been targeted, adding that it does not deter him from his political objectives -
Haaretz - 21:40 Jul 07, 2026
Amid High Court petitions to dismiss Ben-Gvir as national security minister over his interference in police, the government declared on Sunday that it will not abide by a High Court ruling on Israel's commercial broadcast regulator: the first such explicit refusal -
Haaretz - 19:54 Jul 03, 2026
Ben-Gvir was scheduled to head a National Security Ministry delegation to the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit 2026. Sources said that, despite initial plans to attend, the ministry decided not to send a delegation -
Haaretz - 10:30 Jun 28, 2026
The request to arrest and prosecute Israel's far-right national security minister comes just over a week before he's planned to take part in a UN conference on policing ■ The group alleges that Ben-Gvir 'used his authority to enact a policy of systematic torture, murder, abuse and forced displacement' of Palestinians -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 02:36 Jun 28, 2026
According to the organization, Ben-Gvir bears direct responsibility for “war crimes, systematic torture policy in prisons, abuse, murder, rape and incitement to genocide.”
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Haaretz - 10:31 Jun 18, 2026
Ben-Gvir is not expected to encounter any difficulties entering the U.S. on his way to the UN conference, but Israeli officials are concerned about NYC officials' likely opposition to his arrival • Ben-Gvir previously said the UN has 'lost its moral compass' -
Haaretz - 21:11 Jun 15, 2026
The far-right Israeli minister was set to travel to Miami to attend the wedding of an Israeli businessman's daughter. Haaretz previously reported that Ben-Gvir sought to have the businessman fund the trip before agreeing to pay for it himself after criticism from the state comptroller -
Haaretz - 21:41 Jun 11, 2026
Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir asked for approval for a family trip to the United States funded by businessman Yaakov Elharar, citing the wedding of Elharar's daughter as the purpose of the visit. According to a legal source, he withdrew the request after receiving the state's response -
Haaretz - 18:51 Jun 08, 2026
Prosecutors in Rome are investigating allegations including kidnapping, torture and sexual assault; Ben-Gvir, who filmed himself taunting the activists, dismissed the probe as the work of 'lying terror supporters' -
Haaretz - 01:34 Jun 06, 2026
Ireland urged the EU to sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, while advancing legislation to restrict trade with West Bank settlements. The move comes amid mounting criticism of Israel's handling of detained activists from the Gaza flotilla the IDF took over last month -
Haaretz - 10:47 Jun 04, 2026
A principles document signed by Ben-Gvir and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara prohibits the minister from intervening in police operational discretion, stating he 'will not give instructions or otherwise intervene' in operational decision-making or exert any indirect influence