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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Lehava

Illustrative: Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the Knesset plenum, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)
November 11, 2024, 4:53 am
Attorney general said set to order Ben Gvir sacked unless he stops meddling in police
Report says PM will likely be told he needs to fire far-right minister or High Court will compel him to; separate report says Ben Gvir’s wife behind 2023 ouster of Tel Aviv top cop
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing at the Court for Local Affairs in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2024, 10:23 pm
EU sanctions group that tries to block aid to Gaza, far-right activists Gopstein, Marzel
Sanctions targeting Gopstein, leader of the anti-miscegenation group Lehava, come after EU sanctioned the group itself in May; two settlement outposts also penalized
By ToI Staff
People taking part in last year's pride parade in Jerusalem, June 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 1:01 pm
Jerusalem Pride Parade takes place with hostage families leading the march
Event promoted with image of fallen soldier Sagi Golan, who became symbol of LGBTQ community when he was killed on Oct. 7 days before his wedding; his fiancé set to deliver address
By ToI Staff
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing in Jerusalem on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 19, 2024, 11:41 pm
Top Ben Gvir ally, former MK aide among targets of latest US and EU settler sanctions
US official says listing Benzi Gopstein part of calculated decision to target those in political orbit of most extreme Israeli officials while avoiding Ben Gvir, Smotrich for now
By Jacob Magid
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court, on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2024, 7:23 pm
Jewish extremist Bentzi Gopstein found guilty of incitement to anti-Arab racism
Lehava chair cleared of incitement to violence and to terror, convicted over 2014 remark casting Arabs as ‘cancer’; he says Oct. 7 proved he was right: ‘I’m proud of what I said’
By Michael Horovitz
Amiram Ben Uliel, convicted of the Duma arson murder in July 2015, in which three members of the Dawabsha family were killed, attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 21, 2023, 10:59 am
Campaign to free Israeli killer of Palestinian family raises over NIS 1.2 million
6,000 people donate, reportedly including right-wing rabbis, head of ultranationalist Lehava, singer Ariel Zilber; Shalom Hanoch, Aviv Geffen back out of concert with Zilber
By ToI Staff
Jewish activists clash with police during a protest against a conference of Christians outside the Davidson Center in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 28, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/ Flash90)
July 7, 2023, 5:55 am
Christians worry growing protests against ‘missionaries’ will soon turn bloody
Deputy Jerusalem mayor leads extremists’ campaign against evangelists they believe are trying to convert Jews, as Messianic Jews and others fend off attacks and missionizing claims
By Lazar Berman
Jewish extremists from the Or l'Achim and Lehava organizations scuffle with police outside a Messianic Jewish convention in Jerusalem, June 22, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2023, 11:28 am
Jewish extremists try to interrupt Messianic Jewish event in Jerusalem
Protesters attempt to break into main hall, block participants from getting to convention; police arrest activist for allegedly attacking officer
By Michael Horovitz
Benzi Gopstein, chairman of the extreme-right group Lehava, during a visit of then-MK Itamar Ben Gvir to the Arab town of Kafr Qasim, October 5, 2021. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 12:26 pm
Jewish far-right extremist Benzi Gopstein said advising Ben Gvir on police issues
Sources close to national security minister deny report but concede leader of racist and anti-LGBTQ Lehava group, who has been banned from running for Knesset, is ‘close friend’
By ToI Staff
Thousands take part in the annual Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 7:54 am
Police on high alert ahead of Jerusalem Pride Parade threatened by violence
Far-right anti-LGBTQ group calls for large counter-rally against ‘Abomination Parade’; about 2,000 cops, some undercover, deployed to secure tense event; 3 arrested ahead of parade
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
File: Leader of the far-right Israeli group Lehava, Benzi Gopstein (R), seen at a press conference with his lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 30, 2023, 1:10 pm
Daily Briefing May 30: Pride parade under threat as extremists’ ally heads security
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller Lynn on judicial overhaul & interview with protest leader Shikma Bressler; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on how Israel’s air force marked 75
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Otzma Yehudit member Benzi Gopstein (with microphone), head of the radical group Lehava, leads a demonstration against the Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2023, 6:53 am
‘Deadly Thursday’: Far-right activists threaten violence at Jerusalem Pride Parade
Messages by members of extremist Lehava group — whose leader is an ally of police minister Ben Gvir — advocate burning, gunning down participants of LGBTQ rights march
By Michael Bachner
Young Jewish men hold Israeli flags and flags of the racist, far-right Lehava organization at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 18, 2023, 11:58 pm
Triumphalism and ethno-nationalism take center stage at Jerusalem Day events
Heartfelt joy for the return of the Jewish people to their ancient capital is being overshadowed by an antagonistic, nationalistic animosity toward Jerusalem’s Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon
New Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen poses for a picture a day before the opening session of the Knesset on November 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2022, 5:50 pm
Far-right MKs said to grill teen girls at shelter on relationships with Arabs
Report says lawmakers questioned residents at facility about ‘assimilation,’ asked they be given more Jewish content; industry official warns ‘radical’ agenda will impact treatment
By Ash Obel
Otzma Yehudit party members Michael Ben Ari, center, Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Baruch Marzel, left, at a press conference in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Ben Ari from running in the April 2019 elections over his record of racist incitement, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 17, 2022, 11:20 am
Ultranationalists launching party to the right of Ben Gvir’s extremist Otzma Yehudit
Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben-Ari, founders of Otzma Yehudit who are both banned from running in elections due to incitement, to start new, even more extreme party
By ToI Staff
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