Israel Diaries

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Can Ben Gvir improve on the electronic monitoring bill he voted down?

Fury raged in the plenum on 22 March as women called out “shame” and wove their hands in the air holding aloft electronic shackles during Ben Gvir’s speech in the Knesset regarding the opposition bill to institute electronic monitoring of those accused of domestic violence. The bill failed to pass the preliminary reading and Ben […]

What racist laws did MK Ben Gvir propose in the 24th Knesset?

Convicted in 2007 of incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization (Kach), it is legitimate to see MK Itamar Ben Gvir as a racist or at least it was once legitimate. He was found guilty on the basis of having held signs that read: “Expel the Arab enemy” and “Rabbi Kahane was right: The […]