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@RitchieTorres You are cut from the same cloth. You are just embarrassed that he's exposed you all.

Israel’s enemies may have no greater friend than Itamar Ben-Gvir. He is and has always been an extremist who belongs nowhere in the ranks of government, let alone in the Ministry of Internal Security. Shame on all the enablers who have empowered his extremism.

@ZionistFedAus Politicians only do what they think is popular.

The Zionist Federation of Australia condemns the inflammatory and disgraceful behaviour displayed by Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in relation to the detained Gaza flotilla activists. Minister Ben-Gvir’s behaviour falls far below the standards expected of a Minister of the State of Israel. He has repeatedly embarrassed Israel through extremist rhetoric and performative conduct that undermines Israel’s international standing and weakens confidence in its leadership. We join the Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in condemning his actions. A person with this record of behaviour should not serve in the Israeli Government. Criticism of Minister Ben-Gvir is not a defence of the flotilla. The flotilla was a deliberate provocation that sought to generate confrontation rather than contribute constructively to humanitarian outcomes. Israel was within its rights to prevent attempts to breach the maritime blockade of Gaza by a flotilla involving individuals sanctioned by the United States over alleged Hamas links and backed by organisations alleged to be operating on Hamas’ behalf. ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said Minister Ben-Gvir does not represent mainstream Israeli society nor the views of the overwhelming majority of the Australian Jewish community. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar were absolutely right to publicly condemn this behaviour. When Israel’s own senior leaders describe conduct as unacceptable and disgraceful, it demonstrates just how far outside acceptable standards it was,” Mr Leibler said. “Minister Ben-Gvir’s behaviour handed Israel’s critics exactly the imagery and narrative they were seeking, while doing nothing to advance Israel’s security or diplomatic interests.” ZFA CEO Alon Cassuto said supporters of Israel should be prepared to speak honestly when Israeli public figures damage the country’s reputation and national interests. “Supporting Israel does not require defending every action of every minister,” Mr Cassuto said.

@TaliGoldsheft He's doing what he's always done. You're just upset that he's exposed himself in public. If he goes someone else just does it all behind closed doors.

Because I care about treating people humanely—and because I’m a proud Zionist—this is the final straw. Fire Ben-Gvir. If you agree, share this please.

@yvonneridley @YvetteCooperMP She obviously loved all of his previous work but this time she's worried that beating middle class white people may stain her reputation.

Wowza! @YvetteCooperMP has suddenly found her voice … is there an election in the offing? She said sweet FA when Margaret Pacetta & I were kidnapped & taken hostage along with other Brits to Israel.

@foleywoley The media and political class haven't been critical of any of Israel's actions when worse is routinely done to Palestinians. They are concerned that when they do something mild to white middle-class people that they'll face backlash by the electorate so perform fake concern.

I have watched Israel decapitate children, burn people alive, rape people to death, maul a disabled man to death with dogs, bomb schools, starve an entire population, and shoot children in the head, but somehow I'm supposed to believe that Ben-Gvir's actions "aren't the spirit of Israel."

@SenatorWong Call him yourself you lazy twit. Send him home.

I have also directed DFAT to call in Israel’s Ambassador to Australia to reinforce this message.

The images we have seen posted by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir - who Australia has sanctioned - are shocking and unacceptable. We condemn his actions and the degrading actions of Israeli authorities towards those detained.

@SenatorWong But everything else he's done you fully approve of. Got it.

@ellensandell They should be having them sent to The Hague for warcrimes.

The Victorian Greens are calling on Minister Penny Wong and the Albanese Labor Government to intervene and secure the safety of 11 brave Australians kidnapped by the Israeli Defence Force.

@maurbug52 @RichardMarlesMP We are going to spend millions bringing their Warfest arms salesroom back to Melbourne too.

Did anyone see @RichardMarlesMP on tv tonight, bragging about the equipment Australia has sent to help Israel/US attack Iran? It truly breaks my heart and spirit knowing that our government is complicit in further attack on Iran. We all know that US/Israel staged this war.

@I_amMukhtar The Europeans will get a campaign funding boost and arrest their own citizens soon enough. Our leaders are complicit.

Another PR disaster for Israel after National Security Minister Ben Gvir published a video showing activists on the flotilla zip-tied and being abused, humiliated and mistreated. The reaction across European leaders 🧵

@piersmorgan Of all the shit you've witnessed, this is the one you're upset by? I'm sure you'll be able to gloss up their reputation again.

You’re a psychopath. No wonder Israel’s reputation is plunging around the world with people like you in its Govt.

@_ZachFoster They want the beachfront too. They'll start squeezing down eventually.

Apartheid Israel is building 7-meter high "earth barriers" in Gaza as it prepares to steal 60% of the Strip as part of its ongoing genocide of the Palestinians.

@YvetteCooperMP Demanded what now? Of all the shit he's done, this is what you pick out for criticism. You are a psychopath.

I am truly appalled at the video posted by Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir taunting those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla. This violates the most basic standards of respect and dignity in the way people should be treated. We are in touch with the families of a number of British nationals involved to provide them with consular support. We have demanded an explanation from the Israeli authorities and made clear their obligations to protect the rights of our citizens and all those involved.

@Baumann_Mac Excellent.

@diversedeviant @jeremycorbyn @NormalIslandNws That's what we all said about Bush and Blair. Blair is still controlling Labour and getting huge financial windfalls from war.

@jeremycorbyn @NormalIslandNws Never forget! The Hague has no statute of limitations 👇🏽 x.com/broseph_stalin…

In March, I wrote to the Prime Minister demanding a parliamentary vote on the use of UK military bases in the war on Iran. I finally received a reply during the height of the Westminster psychodrama - the perfect moment to bury the government's complicity in war crimes. [1/4]

@Heccles94 theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Why is a Unite The Kingdom rally bankrolled by Isreal and the USA?

@OunkaOnX The Purge gets played out once a year where kids can run through town beating muslims and destroying property with protection from soldiers. That alone is insane enough.

BBC: Israeli marchers chant "from the river to the sea" - meaning all of Palestine. "We captured it. It's rightfully ours." A far-right minister plants an Israeli flag next to Al-Aqsa. In the Christian quarter, settlers attack Palestinians This is not a fringe. This is mainstream. This is Israeli society revealing itself

@OnlinePalEng When war crimes cases start, these police that brutalised citizens should be jailed.

For the sixth consecutive day, activists continue to blockade the Port of Rotterdam in protest of weapons transport to the Israeli occupation. Via: mouafak_mm

@HalaJaber x.com/cbonneauimages…

🚨 The US State Department just announced the ceasefire between Israel & Lebanon will be extended by 45 days. Who the hell are they kidding? There is no ceasefire. Israel has never respected one. Since the last so-called truce on March 2, & the one before it, there have been over 20,000 violations: daily strikes including north of the Litani, entire towns erased, hundreds killed. Just more Israeli bombs & occupation while Washington calls it “progress.” At this point, putting “Israel” & “ceasefire” in the same sentence is becoming an oxymoron. This is not an extension. It is a rubber stamp for continued slaughter dressed up as diplomacy & signed off by a handpicked puppet president & his prime minister. Pathetic.

@MiddleEastEye Starmer did his job in destroying his party just like Boris did. This way Steve Bannon gets his guy in power.

Joe Gill, an editor at Middle East Eye, says that Keir Starmer’s collapse in popularity stems from his failure to deliver meaningful change after 14 years of Conservative rule. Despite promising stable government, Starmer instead became associated with scandals, corporate influence, and policies that failed to address Britain’s worsening cost of living crisis. Gill argues that Starmer alienated large sections of Labour’s traditional base by refusing measures such as rent controls and wealth taxes, while cutting winter fuel support and maintaining the two-child benefit cap until forced into a reversal. He also says Starmer backed Israel during the genocide in Gaza despite widespread public opposition, while overseeing what he describes as an authoritarian crackdown on protest and free speech. He says that Starmer reassured corporate donors and the right-wing press that little would fundamentally change under Labour, but in doing so lost voters looking for a break from austerity and privatisation. Promises of economic renewal, green investment and housing reform, Gill argues, failed to materialise, while firms such as Palantir Technologies gained increasing influence over public services. Gill concludes that Britain is now at a political crossroads between greater public investment and democratic renewal on one side, or what he describes as Reform UK’s “crony Thatcherism and Trump style deportation camps” on the other.