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Italy asks European Union to sanction Ben Gvir over video of kneeling flotilla activists
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleItaly asks the European Union to sanction far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who posted a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says on X that he has requested sanctions against Ben Gvir “for the unacceptable acts committed against the flotilla, seizing the activists in international waters and subjecting them to harassment and humiliation, in violation of the most basic human rights.”
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