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Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions

Israel’s far-right national security minister led prayers on Sunday at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, drawing international condemnation and escalating tensions as Israel faces strong criticism over the war in Gaza.

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Calling terrorist Ben-Gvir provocative is underselling it a bit. Having a kahanist as a minister AT ALL is beyond provocative but proof you've got a terrorist coalition.
And I'm not calling him a terrorist out of hyperbole. Israel itself convicted him of being in a terrorist group and he explicitly was supportive of Rabin's assassination for trying to reach a peace deal, as the article notes.
“We got to his car, and we’ll get to him too,” he said, just weeks before Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist
Even the framing of this recent action is dumb. If course he got away with it with no pushback. He's the fucking minister of security and oversees the police.
- Ben-Gvir has been convicted eight times for offenses that include racism and supporting a terrorist organization. The army banned him from compulsory military service when he was a teen, deeming his views too extreme.
  But it's ok to be Minister of National Security...
  
  Yes, if your national security are a terrorist group.

Ben-Gvir has been convicted eight times for offenses that include racism and supporting a terrorist organization. The army banned him from compulsory military service when he was a teen, deeming his views too extreme.
Psychopath holds government office. Proof enough that the Israeli state is not worth defending.

This made me realize Israelis are not hesitant to kill their own leader if they are too peaceful, not the other way around. Interesting….

All the more reason to support the dissolution of Israel.

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