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Outrage over Israel’s Ben-Gvir flotilla abuse video: What we know

Al Jazeera · May 21, 2026, 11:28 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • In a video released by his office, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunts zip-tied activists, prompting global condemnation.
  • xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Toggle Play Israel’s Ben-Gvir publishes video taunting detained flotilla activists
  • Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a video of himself taunting foreign activists abducted from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at a makeshift holding pen in Israel’s city of Ashdod.

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In a video released by his office, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunts zip-tied activists, prompting global condemnation.

xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Toggle Play Israel’s Ben-Gvir publishes video taunting detained flotilla activists

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a video of himself taunting foreign activists abducted from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at a makeshift holding pen in Israel’s city of Ashdod.

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