That guy’s a giant piece of shit…
Even for Israel’s current government
Ben-Gvir is a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank whose “political background lies in Kahanism—a violently racist movement that supports the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands”.[2] He has a long history of anti-Arab activism, leading to dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions of crimes including incitement to racism and support for, as well as possession of propaganda of, a terrorist organization (the now-illegal Kach political party).[3] As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jews accused of Jewish extremist terrorism in Israeli courts.[4]
Ben-Gvir is known for being a provocateur and has attracted headlines for a variety of reasons: threatening Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on live television in 1995 shortly before his assassination; having had a portrait in his living room of Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish terrorist and mass murderer; calling in 2019 for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to the state;[5] inciting violent clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in 2021; and making highly controversial visits to the Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa Mosque is located, in 2023 and 2024.[6]
And finally our govt finds a bit of its spine and publicly condemns this abomination, this depraved creep who has ironically done us all a favour by displaying what the Israeli regime is about without the PR. I wonder if our govt would have spoken up if others had not already done so. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/penny-wong-condemns-israeli-minister-over-shocking-and-unacceptable-treatment-of-flotilla-activists-ntwnfb
If anyone is interested in a bit more depth and background, this video by British Owen Jones is worthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwsZb9d5IQ