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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli national security minister, convicted in 2007 of incitement to racism, who has spoken of a "settlement plan for Lebanon"'''}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Itamar Ben-Gvir<br />
| image = Itamar Ben Gvir 3 (cropped).jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Start date|1976|05|06}}<br />
| birth_place = Mevaseret Zion, Israel<ref name="UKNotice2025">Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68482ca5860362efc8e787f2/Notice_Global_Human_Rights_100625.pdf Financial Sanctions Notice: Global Human Rights] ''HM Treasury'', 10 June 2025, accessed 22 October 2026 (UK government-side).</ref><br />
| nationality = Israeli<br />
| residence = Kiryat Arba, occupied West Bank<ref name="UKNotice2025" /><br />
| occupation = Minister for National Security<br />
| known_for = 2007 conviction for incitement to racism and support for a terrorist organisation; call for settlement in Lebanon<br />
}}<br />
'''Itamar Ben-Gvir''' (born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli politician and Minister for National Security.<ref name="UKSanc2025Min">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-partners-unite-to-sanction-ministers-inciting-west-bank-violence UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence] ''GOV.UK'', 10 June 2025, accessed 22 October 2026 (UK government-side).</ref> He lives in the settlement of Kiryat Arba in the occupied West Bank.<ref name="UKNotice2025" /> In 2007 a Jerusalem court convicted him of incitement to racism and of supporting a terrorist organisation.<ref name="Ynet2007">Ynetnews, [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3417226,00.html Extreme rightist convicted of supporting terror group] ''Ynetnews'', 25 June 2007, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref> In May 2026 he said that the government had a "settlement plan for Lebanon".<ref name="LOrient15May2026">L'Orient Today, [https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1506969/ben-gvir-discusses-israels-settlement-plan-for-south-lebanon.html Ben Gvir discusses Israel's 'settlement plan' for south Lebanon] ''L'Orient Today'', 15 May 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Lebanon ==<br />
On 14 May 2026, at a Jerusalem Day event in a yeshiva attended by [[Bezalel Smotrich]], Ben-Gvir said: "We have more plans to encourage migration from Gaza, encourage migration from Judea and Samaria, and settlement in Lebanon".<ref name="AA15May2026">Abdel Raouf Arnaout, [https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/-israeli-minister-announces-illegal-settlement-plans-in-lebanon-displacements-in-gaza-west-bank/3938434 Israeli minister announces illegal settlement plans in Lebanon, displacements in Gaza, West Bank] ''Anadolu Agency'', 15 May 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref> ''L'Orient Today'' reported that he spoke of a "settlement plan for Lebanon" while talks between the two countries were under way, called for the annexation of the whole West Bank, and declared: "All the Land of Israel belongs to us." The paper noted that Israeli authorities "officially claim not to have expansionist aims in southern Lebanon".<ref name="LOrient15May2026" /> A member of the [[Uri Tzafon]] settlement campaign showed AFP a certificate of appreciation for Gaza settlement activists signed by Ben-Gvir.<ref name="AlMonitor2026">Alice Chancellor, [https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/promised-us-israelis-dreaming-settling-south-lebanon 'Promised to us': The Israelis dreaming of settling south Lebanon] ''Al-Monitor'' (AFP), 13 May 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== 2007 conviction ==<br />
On 25 June 2007 the Jerusalem Magistrates Court convicted Ben-Gvir of incitement to racism, for carrying a sign reading "Expel the Arab enemy", and of supporting a terrorist organisation, for a poster reading "Rabbi Kahane was right, the Arab MKs are the fifth column". He was acquitted on two other charges. He said he would appeal and called some judges "two-faced leftists".<ref name="Ynet2007" /> A 2008 Supreme Court decision records an indictment alleging that in 2002 he ran offices used by the banned [[Kach]] and Kahane Chai movements.<ref name="BSP2008">Supreme Court of Israel, [https://judgments.org.il/judgments/%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A4-4190-07-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%9F-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A0-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C/ BSP 4190/07 Itamar Ben-Gvir v. State of Israel] (Hebrew), 16 March 2008, accessed 22 October 2026 (Israeli government-side).</ref><br />
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== Sanctions ==<br />
On 10 June 2025 the UK, with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, imposed an asset freeze, travel ban and director disqualification on Ben-Gvir in his personal capacity, for "inciting, promoting and/or supporting" violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.<ref name="UKSanc2025Min" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bezalel Smotrich]]<br />
* [[Uri Tzafon]]<br />
* [[Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon (2024–present)]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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