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Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir. Photo by Dudu Greenspan/Flash90
May 21, 2026, 11:39 am
Top Israeli diplomat in UK summoned over ‘inflammatory’ video of detainees
On Thursday, the Israeli charge d’affaires Daniela Grudsky Ekstein was summoned to the FCDO
By Lee Harpin
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir waves the Israeli flag as he tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. May 14, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90
May 15, 2026, 12:27 pm
‘Death to Arabs’ chanted at Jerusalem march, with other Israelis seeking to defend Arab residents
Left-wing activists also clashed with right-wing extremists during the annual march
By Theia Chatelle JTA
Alex Sinclair's kippah, before and after it was taken by the police
April 24, 2026, 10:13 am
My kippah had both Israeli and Palestinian flags on. Ben Gvir’s police locked me up
It’s hard not to feel distressed that the police can just come and pull me away from a café in the middle of Modiin because they don’t like my politics
By Alex Sinclair
A woman wearing wings stands above the crowd during a protest rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday Jan 31 2026. Tens of thousands of Arab and Jewish protesters turned out in Tel Aviv Saturday night for a massive rally, accusing the government of neglecting its Arab citizens and allowing violence to run rampant in the community. Photo by Eyal Warshavsky
February 2, 2026, 11:51 am
Jews and Arabs protest together against Israeli government inaction on crime
More than 250 Israeli Arabs have been killed in the last year as part of an ongoing crimewave - the government and police have been accused of doing little in response
By JN Reporter
Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank
August 15, 2025, 11:08 am
World Jewish Congress president condemns Smotrich over call to ‘bury idea of Palestinian state’
Ronald S. Lauder says statements by two far-right ministers 'massively damage Israel as well as the security of the Jewish people'
By Lee Harpin
Secretary Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements to the press in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via Wikipedia).
June 11, 2025, 9:20 am
US calls for UK to reverse sanctions against Israeli far-right ministers
Marco Rubio said: 'We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is'
By Lee Harpin
Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R)
June 10, 2025, 7:46 pm
ANALYSIS: UK’s growing rift with Israel risks further isolating British Jews
While there is little love for Smotrich or Ben Gvir among Jewish communal leaders, there will be deep concern at this latest step - and Israel's possible response
By Daniel Sugarman
Donald Trump declares victory in 2024 US election
February 7, 2025, 9:17 am
VOICE OF THE JN: Beware presidents bearing ideas of Israel’s far right
The idea of replacing the goal of two states for something more akin to an Itamar Ben Gvir manifesto should be enough to raise grave concerns
Furious opposition members shout at Minister Itamar Ben Gvir as he speaks from the podium in the Knesset, on March 22, 2023. Pic: main.knesset.gov.il/EN/News/PressR
March 23, 2023, 4:11 pm
Domestic violence bill fails amid chaotic scenes in Knesset
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir opposed law that would have forced offenders to wear tracking device bracelets
By Michelle Rosenberg
Lord Polak speaking in the House of Lords
March 8, 2023, 2:33 pm
Lord Polak ‘concerned’ by foreign secretary’s Ben-Gvir snub
Speaking during House of Lords debate the CFI president says James Cleverly is 'effectively boycotting an Israeli Minister'
By Lee Harpin
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. Credit: Twitter
January 25, 2023, 1:28 pm
OPINION: Seeing theocrats and bigots enter government is an affront to our Jewish souls
Sir Mick Davis, who voted in the recent Israeli election as a new citizen, urges the diaspora not to self-censor when it comes to opposing the country's far-right government
By Sir Mick Davis
MK Simcha Dan Rothman arrives to the Israeli parliament, for the opening session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** פתיחה כנסת הכנות פתיחת מושב הכנסת בחירות מליאה שמחה רוטמן
January 16, 2023, 12:01 pm
‘Move along… there’s nothing to see here,’ Religious Zionism MK tells Diaspora amid judicial reforms
Lawmaker Simcha Rhotman, Religious Zionism’s legal brain, spoke exclusively to Jewish News about fears over judicial reforms, prayers on Temple Mount and the concerns of British Jews about the new government.
By Jotam Confino and The Knesset
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden from his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2022. (Office of Benjamin Netanyahu.)
December 16, 2022, 10:55 am
‘They’re joining me, I’m not joining them’ – Netanyahu defends far-right coalition
Netanyahu specifically defended his expected decision to bestow Itamar Ben-Gvir with the newly-created title of national security minister.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s speech to Conservative Friends of Israel this week
December 14, 2022, 12:12 pm
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Warm words for Israel, but a penny for Sunak’s true thoughts
The prime minister was wise to mention what he mentioned and to not mention what he didn’t in his speech to Conservative Friends of Israel this week.
By Voice of the Jewish News
Israeli right-wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset.
December 13, 2022, 10:45 am
OPINION: How can I identify as a religious Zionist when Ben-Gvir and Smotrich do too?
Jodie Franks, the Union of Jewish Students' head of programming, reflects on how she can continue associating her Jewish identity with people who stand for beliefs she despises.
By Jodie Franks
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