National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir delivered a blunt warning to one of Israel’s most notorious terrorists on Thursday, during a high-profile visit to Gannot Prison with Israel Prisons Service (IPS) Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and senior IPS officials.
The visit, aimed at personally overseeing what Ben-Gvir described as the “tightening of conditions” for incarcerated terrorists, included a stop at one of the prison’s isolation wings — where the minister came face-to-face with Marwan Barghouti. The convicted Fatah leader, a central figure in orchestrating deadly attacks during the Second Intifada, is currently serving five life sentences for multiple murders.
Standing just feet away from Barghouti, Ben-Gvir took aim right at him.
“Whoever messes with the people of Israel, whoever murders our children, whoever murders our women — we will obliterate them. You will not defeat us,” he told the terrorist.
Ben-Gvir’s visit comes amid an ongoing campaign to further restrict privileges for security prisoners, including reducing recreational time and access to certain facilities. The minister has repeatedly stated that Israel’s enemies “must rot in prison” under the harshest permissible conditions.
Security officials say Barghouti remains a potent symbolic figure for Palestinian factions, even from behind bars.
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A complete staged photo op.
Mr Ben Gvir, of-course we want these monsters obliterated and it’s mind boggling that this barbarian didn’t get capital punishment. BUT when the whole world is listening and Arabs are king, juvenile comments are not going to change anything, just give fodder to monsters like the Arab Knesset members yimach shmam. So please, glare at this menuval and hold your tongue.
Marwan Barghouti should have been sentenced to death and executed many years ago. The fact that he still walks this earth is a stain on humanity and a sign of weakness by Israel’s government.
an Israeli Yid
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the much vilified Israeli minister of internal security is a real Tzaddik. With real, undiluted Ahavas Yisrael. Whose heart bleeds for every victim of Palestinian/Arab terror confronted that arch murderer Marwan Barghouti ym”sh. Telling him to his face that he wished him to be obliterated, along with the other Jew-haters. Also, he is doing something practical by taking action to restrict the free, good time that they have in Israeli prisons. May Hashem keep him safe from all the evil-doers who want to harm him.