Man who called right-wing lawyer a Nazi slapped with NIS 200K fine

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court rules that a man who called controversial right-wing lawyer-activist Itamar Ben Gvir a Nazi must cough up NIS 200,000 ($57,014) in compensation.

In August 2017, Ben Gvir arrived at a Paz gas station in Tel Aviv. When he went inside the shop to buy a Coca-Cola, one of the employees — Jackie Dalek — began badgering him, calling him a Nazi and gave him the Nazi salute. Dalek also told other costumers to greet the “Fuhrer.”

The gas station defended its employee and for months ignored the complaint filed by the attorney, Ben Gvir says in a statement.

“Every employee in a gas station or convenience store will now know that he is to serve customers regardless of political views.”

“Just a few days after Holocaust Remembrance Day, there is an important message here that anyone who calls a Jew a Nazi or performs the Nazi salute will feel it in his pocket,” he concludes.

Ben-Gvir is known to represent far-right Israelis including those in the Otzma Yehudit group of which he is a member.

Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing in what came to be known as the “Hate Wedding” at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)