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ITAMAR BEN-GVIR

JOB: Israeli National Security Minister

REPUTATION: Fanatical religious zealot bent on destroying Palestine and fomenting hate

To understand this jolly warrior of the Israeli far right you need to go back to his mentor and hero – the ultranationalist Rabbi who pushed for the expulsion of all Palestinians from their homeland and founded US-based terror group the Jewish Defense League.

A hero of the settler movement, New York-born Kahane went on

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