Itamar Ben-Gvir is an Israeli lawyer and lawmaker who is the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party.
Though born in Mevaseret Zion near Jerusalem, Ben-Gvir now resides as a settler in Hebron in the West Bank and has made several controversial trips to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He has faced numerous charges of hate speech and was convicted of supporting the terrorist group Kach, the party founded by extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane. He remains an incredibly divisive figure in Israeli politics to this day.
A new investigation broke on Tuesday, marking the newest front in the escalating Shin Bet, A-G battle with the government.
Shin Bet - employee actively worked to extract classified materials.
The office staff told Walla that the police did not present a search warrant from a court, and thus, the staff claim, police acted unlawfully.
Did Ben Gvir return because Netanyahu resumed the military operation in Gaza? Or did Netanyahu reignite the fighting because Ben Gvir demanded it?
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli said "until today, many Israeli citizens lived under the illusion that they live in a democracy."
This comes as a senior Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) official in charge of the Jewish Division, identified as A., suspended himself on Sunday.
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a response, stating that the recording represents a “real threat to democracy.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir has repeatedly ascended the Temple Mount, drawing lashback from Knesset members.
This comes after a July incident where military police arrested reservists on suspicion of sexually assaulting detained a Nukhba terrorist.
A source tells the Jerusalem Post that Information was gathered, but no formal probe was formed.
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