Middle East Eye
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shared a disturbing concentration camp video depicting Palestinians being placed into a machine on a conveyor belt, entering overweight and emerging thin, distressed and crying. The video comes as Ben-Gvir openly advocates to make already difficult conditions harsher for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. He has boasted that “the good conditions in the prisons are over” and said he was “pleased” with the conditions under his policies. Ben-Gvir has also championed the death penalty for Palestinians and shared footage of a facility being prepared for executions, saying that “the death row and hanging facility are also starting to take shape”. His 50th birthday cake was decorated with a noose and the words “Sometimes dreams come true”. Ben-Gvir is known for his extremist views, having in the past praised a mass murderer of Palestinians, while also calling for targeted killings in Gaza “every night” to “kill 30 or 40” Palestinians, and advocating the forced migration of Palestinians from Gaza.