Far-right Israeli influencer banned from TikTok for breaking harassment rules
Roi Star, who can be seen harassing and pepper-spraying left-wing activists in the West Bank in his videos, has his account removed after being flagged by the Guardian
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A far-right Israeli influencer had his TikTok account removed for breaching the social media platform’s bullying and harassment regulations, the Guardian reported on Friday after the UK paper flagged his account over videos showing him in confrontations with Palestinians and left-wing activists in the West Bank.
The UK paper said it had flagged the videos of Roi Star, a minor social media personality, and that TikTok has subsequently barred him after reviewing his account.
TikTok’s community guidelines state that it does not allow “people or groups that promote violence or hate, including violent extremists.”
It also does not allow content showing harassment, bullying, or coordinated violence.
Additionally, TikTok stated it removed videos from “other TikTok creators linked to Israeli far-right agitators,” the Guardian said, but the platform did not identify who they were.
The Guardian reported that they had gone through dozens of viral videos on TikTok and Instagram that showed Palestinians and activists being harassed, some of which belonged to Star.
In a conversation with the Guardian regarding a video he posted on Instagram in which he was seen pepper-spraying left-wing activists after they tried stopping him from entering their encampment in Ras Ein al-Auja, Star reportedly said he was there to “talk about peace.” He added that pepper spray was “the most minimal thing you can do to defend yourself.”
After the Guardian asked him about his threats, he said, “It’s all acting… It was just that the moment got heated up … My intentions were not to get that extreme.”
“It is my right as a citizen of Israel to walk around public areas … It [the West Bank] belongs to Israel. And if Arabs want to live there, they should be good Israeli citizens,” he added.
Israel captured the West Bank in 1967 but has not annexed the territory. Palestinians living there are not eligible for Israeli citizenship.
Ras Ein el-Auja was one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, originally home to some 700 people from more than 100 families that have lived there for decades.
Over two dozen families packed up and fled their homes in January, saying harassment by Israeli settlers living in unauthorized outposts nearby has grown unbearable.
הקהילה הבדואית מזרחית לדומא היום בצהריים.
פעילי ימין מוכרים וחבריהם פלשו לתוך מתחם מגודר אליו נוהגים להגיע המתנחלים מהמאחז הסמוך כחלק מהתשת הקהילה לקראת גירושה.רועי סטאר ריסס בגז פלפל שני פעילים בפניהם ונכנס לתוך מבנה המגורים. לאחר שיצא חסמו הנפגעים את הדלת, אך פעילי הימין… pic.twitter.com/sO6zeRzHU9
— Matan Golan (@MatanGolanPhoto) January 26, 2026
Star was also filmed in January at a Bedouin enclave in the West Bank with a group of right-wing activists trying to kick down the door of a shed, a left-wing activist had locked himself in while fleeing from them, according to the left-wing Israeli group Herd of Justice, which accompanies Bedouin shepherd communities in the West Bank.
In another video of the same incident, Star can be heard admitting he pepper-sprayed a left-wing activist, claiming he has footage of the left-wing activist threatening to hit him. He has not published such footage.
Two Prominent Kahanist tiktoker's showed up this week in Duma and victimized activists with ????️ spray.
Unlike the Israeli "left", the right know the main objective of this government is to ethnically cleanse the WB.
Hope this will be a wake up call for solidarity????????. pic.twitter.com/FTJUGJclLk— Herd of Justice (@JustHerds) January 26, 2026
He was filmed several hours later attending an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, according to Haaretz journalist Liza Rozovsky, who shared a video of Star eating hors d’oeuvres as a woman plays a harp.
Rozovsky said the President’s Residence has not commented on hosting Star.
There has been a surge of violence in the West Bank carried out by extremist settlers and far-right Israelis since the Hamas attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war in October 2023. It has continued despite the ceasefire and spiked since the start of the war against Iran.
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