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Monday, January 26, 2026
Right-wing influencer seen at event hosted by Herzog after pepper-spraying activists in the West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA group of right-wing activists pepper-sprayed a left-wing activist and tried kicking down the door of a shed that he locked himself in while fleeing from them, according to left-wing Israeli group Herd of Justice, which accompanies Bedouin shepherd communities in the West Bank.
Hours later, one of the activists was spotted at an event hosted at the official residence of President Isaac Herzog.
The incident earlier today took place in a Bedouin enclave near Duma in the northern West Bank, Herd of Justice says.
Footage published by Herd of Justice shows several right-wing activists, including Mordechai David, who regularly harasses anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv, and Roi Star, a minor social media personality, taking turns kicking the door and succeeding in breaking off a small part of it. An older left-wing activist tries to step in but is pushed away.
In another video, Star, who appears to clutch a microphone, can be heard admitting that he pepper-sprayed a left-wing activist. Star claims 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
On his own social media account, David, who has earned praise from several government ministers for attacking protesters in Tel Aviv, posts several videos of himself announcing that today his organization, Brotherhood of Brothers for Justice, is expanding its activity to the Jordan Valley, where he accuses “left-wing anarchists” of intimidating settlers.
The announcement comes as Bedouin rights groups say dozens of families have been forced to flee their enclaves in the area due to harassment from new settler outposts.
Star, who admitted to pepper-spraying the left-wing activist, is filmed several hours later attending an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem later in the day, according to Haaretz journalist Liza Rozovsky, who shares a video of Star eating hors d’oeuvres as a woman plays a harp.
Rozovsky says the president’s residence has not commented on hosting Star.
הנבל והנבל. בצהריים מתעלל בפלסטינים בדומא, אחר הצהריים מתכבד באירוע של בית ז'בוטינסקי בבית הנשיא, לקראת הרצאה של שגריר ארה"ב מייק האקבי. קבלו את רועי סטאר. תגובת בית הנשיא טרם נמסרה https://t.co/JUEOE7gzqc pic.twitter.com/yFki5cXusY
— Liza Rozovsky (@lizarozovsky) January 26, 2026
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