Tag: Itamar Ben-Gvir
Ben-Gvir: Reverse decision to allow Palestinian workers into Israel
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday called on National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi to reverse a decision to allow some 8,000 Palestinian laborers to work in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria...
Ben-Gvir: 260,000 Israelis applied for gun permits since Oct. 7
More than 260,000 Israelis have applied for gun permits in the past six weeks, according to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Speaking on Monday at a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party, Ben-Gvir...
Ben-Gvir orders police to prepare for widespread Arab rioting
Amid fighting on Israel's southern and northern borders, as well as ongoing attempts to open a front in Judea and Samaria, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday said his ministry was preparing for...
Netanyahu meets Ben-Gvir in bid to ease coalition tensions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in a bid to mend fences amid reported tensions.
Ben-Gvir is reportedly displeased at being excluded from a high-level security briefing...
Israeli government backs police use of facial-recognition cameras
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Monday approved government support for a bill to allow police access to facial recognition cameras in the public square.
If passed into law, police and other security services such...
US embassy in Jerusalem again snubs Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not receive invites to the U.S. Embassy's annual Rosh Hashanah reception, continuing the Biden administration's snub of the two senior cabinet members.
According...
Leaders of anti-reform protests to run in local elections
The protest movement against the Netanyahu government's judicial reform program is attempting to transform itself into a democratic political force, running candidates under the name "New Contract" in municipal elections set for Oct. 31.
"New...
Millions allocated for Jerusalem security over high holidays
Israel’s Ministry of National Security has allocated $32 million to bolster security in eastern Jerusalem over the upcoming Jewish high holidays, which begin on Friday, Sept. 15, with Rosh Hashanah.
The funds will be used...
88% rise in gun permits issued to Israeli women
The number of Israeli women with permits to carry a firearm has jumped 88% over the last seven months, according to numbers released on Sunday by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Forty-four percent of...
Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Thursday in observance of Tisha B’Av.
The annual fast day commemorates tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, with a focus on the...