Far-right Ben-Gvir emerges as key player in Israel elections
Israel: Five of Itamar Ben-Gvir's most outrageous moments
The Kahanist teen
Aged 16, Ben-Gvir joined Kach as an activist before it was designated a terror group by the United States and banned in Israel, when in 1994 a Kach member killed dozens of Palestinian worshippers in the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron.
Ben-Gvir had also acted as a lawyer defending activists from Lehava, an anti-miscegenation group, which has called for the full expulsion of Palestinians and a ban on Christmas. It views churches as places of idol worship.
In May, Israel's Defence Minister Benny Gantz floated the idea to label Lehava a "terror group" after it organised a march in Jerusalem while its members shouted "Death to Arabs".
Rabin's assassination
Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu and other rightwing figures who stood against the peace agreement organised a rally in Jerusalem's Zion Square a month before Rabin's killing, during which protesters shouted "Death to Rabin".
A photo of Ben-Gvir carrying an emblem from Rabin's car was republished recently. Ben-Gvir reportedly said, "We got to his car, and we'll get to him too."
Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu and other rightwing figures who stood against the peace agreement organised a rally in Jerusalem's Zion Square a month before Rabin's killing, during which protesters shouted "Death to Rabin".
A photo of Ben-Gvir carrying an emblem from Rabin's car was republished recently. Ben-Gvir reportedly said, "We got to his car, and we'll get to him too."
Ben-Gvir's hatred of Rabin, who won the Nobel Peace prize alongside Arafat and Shimon Peres for the peace deal, extended to his family. Ben-Gvir, identified as only a "right-wing activist" by an Israeli TV report, was filmed in August 2012 harassing Rabin's granddaughter and demanding she ask Israelis for "forgiveness".
Celebrating Ariel Sharon's stroke
Ben-Gvir's virulent objection to peace or compromise with the Palestinians has also drawn right-wing politicians into his sights.
Ariel Sharon, former Israeli prime minister and a Likud leader, decided in 2005 to dismantle illegal Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and evacuate settlers, as part of a long-term military plan to besiege Palestinians in the enclave.
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank loathed the decision, and when Sharon suffered a stroke and fell into a coma in 2006, Ben-Gvir celebrated with a feast and a barbecue.
"We are, of course, happy," he said then. "We hope there is a message here to everyone who wants to harm the land of Israel: the land of Israel is more powerful than all of you," Ben-Gvir told a TV reporter while cooking meat.
'Those against the state will be deported'
Ben-Gvir has made no secret of wanting to deport Palestinians from their lands and homes. He also wants to expel politicians deemed "disloyal" to Israel, a reference to Knesset members who represent Palestinian citizens of Israel and left-leaning Israeli MPs.
Pulling a gun on Palestinians
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Ben-Gvir pulled a gun on residents of the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem in October.
Ben-Gvir has previous. Last December, he pulled a gun on two Palestinian security guards in a Tel Aviv car park. The quarrel started when Ben-Gvir's driver parked in an undesignated spot. The two Palestinians appeared to ask Ben-Gvir not to park in a prohibited area. But within minutes he pulled out his gun, yelling at one of the guards: "I'll take care of you."
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[b]Could Biden boycott diplomatic relations with Itamar Ben-Gvir?[/b]
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You'd better hope that Biden bans all communication with this Jewish supremacist wretch- or he will be endorsing ethnic-cleansing, murder and assassination as acceptable in American politics.
