{"id":293513,"date":"2025-04-29T19:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/itamar-ben-gvir-israeli-minister-called-war-criminal-in-extraordinary-row-with-protesters-during-us-visit\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:24:07","slug":"itamar-ben-gvir-israeli-minister-called-war-criminal-in-extraordinary-row-with-protesters-during-us-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/itamar-ben-gvir-israeli-minister-called-war-criminal-in-extraordinary-row-with-protesters-during-us-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Itamar Ben-Gvir: Israeli minister called ‘war criminal’ in extraordinary row with protesters during US visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Israeli minister has been called a “war criminal” in an extraordinary row with protesters inside the US Capitol.<\/p>\n

Itamar Ben-Gvir travelled to Washington on Tuesday, where he met with a series of members of Congress as part of a wider trip to the country.<\/p>\n

But between meetings, he was confronted by pro-Palestinian protesters who called him a “war criminal”, “responsible for genocide” and a “racist pig”.<\/p>\n

The ultranationalist settler leader responded by telling the protesters: “You kill baby!”<\/p>\n

Mr Ben-Gvir, a far-right politician who was once on the fringes of Israeli politics and wants to intensify the war in Gaza, shouted at the protesters again in a fiery back-and-forth.<\/p>\n

“You are supposed to be in the Hague,” the protester says in videos of the confrontation at one point – referring to International Criminal Court warrants<\/a><\/strong> for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant.<\/p>\n

Mr Ben-Gvir’s trip to the US was met with protests elsewhere too, with a man hiding in a bathroom for two hours at a Manhattan steakhouse just to jump out on him and shout: “Get the f*** out of New York!”<\/p>\n

Who is Ben-Gvir?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A hard-line supporter of Jewish settlements, Mr Ben-Gvir was previously convicted in Israel of racist incitement and support for terrorist groups.<\/p>\n

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He has called for the deportation of all Arab citizens from Israel and, for years, hung a picture in his home of a man who massacred more than two dozen Muslim worshippers.<\/p>\n

Mr Ben-Gvir also visited the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn, where he was greeted by scores more protesters who waved Palestinian flags.<\/p>\n

‘They threatened to rape me’<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this visit, a Brooklyn woman was left fearing for her life after a mob of orthodox Jews mistook her for a protester and kicked her, spat on her, pelted her with objects and chased her.<\/p>\n

The assault was recorded on camera by bystanders.<\/p>\n

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The woman, a local in her 30s, only came outside after hearing police helicopters and not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.<\/p>\n

“As soon as I pulled up my scarf, a group of 100 men came over immediately and encircled me,” said the woman.<\/p>\n

“They were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting ‘death to Arabs’. I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene,” she added.<\/p>\n

As the chants grew, a lone police officer intervened to try to escort her to safety, but they were followed by hundreds of men shouting in Hebrew and English.<\/p>\n

“This is America,” one of the men can be heard saying. “We got Israel. We got an army now.”<\/p>\n

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Eventually, the officer got her into a police vehicle and drove her away.<\/p>\n

A police spokesperson said one person was arrested and five others were issued summons following the protests.<\/p>\n

However, it wasn’t clear whether this included anyone involved in assaulting the woman.<\/p>\n

A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman.<\/p>\n

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‘I responded!’<\/strong><\/p>\n

In response to the protests that dogged Mr Ben-Gvir during his trip, he took to social media to share an image of himself in the Capitol.<\/p>\n

He said: “Between meetings, several pro-Palestinian protesters began shouting pro-Hamas and Gaza slogans at me.<\/p>\n

“I responded by saying that they were supporting the murderers, just like on 9\/11 – we will defeat them!”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, within Gaza, Israel’s total blockade of aid into the enclave has entered its second month, with the UN’s food agency warning its stocks of food had now run out<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So far this week, the bodies of 51 people killed and 113 injured were brought to hospitals in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n

Read more from Sky News:<\/strong>
‘Prolific’ board game shoplifter sentenced<\/a><\/strong>
Israeli troops shot at aid workers from ‘point-blank range’<\/a>
Student rescued from mountain twice in four days<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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There has also been increased scrutiny of Israel’s treatment of aid workers<\/a><\/strong> in recent weeks – as it released a medic it held prisoner<\/a><\/strong> since Israeli troops killed 15 aid workers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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