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'Disgraceful': Israel's ambassador joins criticism of Ben-Gvir
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- Israel's ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman says Israel's leadership condemns the actions of Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- Mr Newman said the Israeli government joined them in condemning Mr Ben-Gvir’s actions.
- "The actions of Ben-Gvir himself have been condemned from wall-to-wall," Mr Newman told 7.30.
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Israel's ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman says Israel's leadership condemns the actions of Itamar Ben-Gvir. (ABC News: Mark Moore)
Link copied Share Share article Israel's ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman has stopped short of apologising to the Global Sumud Flotilla activists detained in Israel – who had been taunted by far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Mr Ben-Gvir, who is Israel's national security minister, has been condemned by world leaders for a video in which he is seen taunting some of the more than 400 activists the Israeli military brought to the country's Ashdod Port, after detaining them in international waters.
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