Itamar Ben-Gvir
ON THE RECORD · 19 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“The good conditions in the prisons are over. This is the current situation, and I am directly responsible for everything. I am pleased with these conditions.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-30
Itamar Ben-Gvir responded to a Palestinian female prisoner complaining about detention conditions.
“I’ll continue to lead a policy of the bare minimum of the minimum,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-30 · reported 2026-08-30
Itamar Ben-Gvir commented in a social media post accompanying video footage of his prison visit.
“I imagine settlements … throughout Gaza, and encouraging as much emigration as possible.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-29
Ben-Gvir went on to say he thought Israel should occupy the entirety of Gaza.
“Not just those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who don’t deserve to live … They are not even people.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-29
Ben-Gvir continued his podcast remarks by advocating violence beyond those who pose an immediate threat.
“I think we should be doing 30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-29
Ben-Gvir made the remark on a podcast amid Israel's ongoing killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
“no place for the agency in Jerusalem and Israel”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-25 · reported 2026-08-26
Ben-Gvir took part in the raid on the UNRWA training centre in East Jerusalem.
“30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Itamar Ben-Gvir faced condemnation over hardline comments regarding operations in Gaza.
“Someone should update Ed that the British Mandate for the Land of Israel ended in 1948 and that Israel is an independent state,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Itamar Ben-Gvir responded on X to UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband demanding the settlement tenders be reversed.
“Settlements not just in Gush Katif but throughout Gaza, encouraging as much emigration as possible, sending them to their countries. And for the terrorists, no emigration, nothing, just to kill them one by one.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-16 · reported 2026-08-17
Ben-Gvir called for settlements throughout Gaza and for encouraging Palestinian emigration while killing militants.
“Not just those who pose an immediate threat,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-16 · reported 2026-08-17
Ben-Gvir added that those killed should not be limited to people posing an immediate threat.
“I see all of Gaza as ours,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-16 · reported 2026-08-17
Ben-Gvir said in the taped interview that he views all of Gaza as belonging to Israel.
“There are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn't live. They're not even people.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-16 · reported 2026-08-17
Ben-Gvir said on the podcast that some people in Gaza are 'not worthy of life.'
“Just as we got to his car, we will get to him.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-17
In 1995, Ben-Gvir held up an emblem stolen from Yitzhak Rabin's car to a TV camera and made the remark about the then-Israeli leader.
“It's no secret, I disagree with the prime minister … I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said 2026-08-16 · reported 2026-08-17
Ben-Gvir said on a podcast that he disagrees with the prime minister and wants targeted assassinations of 30 to 40 people per night in Gaza.
“It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-16
Ben-Gvir criticized Netanyahu over Israel's drawdown of strikes in Gaza while speaking on former hostage Rom Braslavski's podcast, in comments that surfaced Sunday.
“I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night. Not just those who pose an immediate threat — there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-16
Ben-Gvir advocated nightly targeted killings in Gaza during a podcast appearance, in comments that surfaced Sunday.
“I am on my way to meet Netanyahu for a meeting where I will demand that the IDF be ordered to use air power and D9 bulldozers to erase the homes of terrorists and their supporters, and to exact from the terrorists the price they deserve,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Ben-Gvir said he would demand the IDF use air power and D9 bulldozers against terrorists' homes.
“For every Jew who is murdered, the enemy must absorb the loss of lands and homes. This is the language spokes in the Middle East, and the time has come to speak it in Judea and Samaria, just as we did in the Gaza Strip,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Ben-Gvir stated that for every murdered Jew, the enemy must absorb the loss of lands and homes.
“The cities and villages of the murderers in Judea and Samaria are to be judged like Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Ben-Gvir responded to the attack by saying the villages of the murderers should be judged like Beit Hanun in Gaza.