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Ben-Gvir says Israeli rights trump Palestinian freedom of movement

Itamar Ben-Gvir makes a speech following Israel’s general elections in occupied East Jerusalem on November 1, 2022 [Mostafa Alkharouf /Anadolu Agency]

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has openly admitted that his right to move around unimpeded is superior to the freedom of movement for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, sparking outrage.

“My right, the right of my wife and my children to move around Judea and Samaria is more important than freedom of movement for the Arabs,” he said in a Wednesday evening interview with Channel 12 News, using the biblical term for the occupied territory.

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