Leader of the far-right Jewish Power party in Israel and a member of Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition. He commands the police, including in the occupied West Bank, where he has repeatedly praised violent officers. In June 2025 Britain and other Western allies imposed personal sanctions on him and Bezalel Smotrich.
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have repeatedly called on Netanyahu to formally annex the West Bank. Under pressure from Arab countries, Donald Trump has publicly ruled out such a step.
I attribute my success to intelligence, guts, determination, honesty, ambition, and having enough money to buy people with those qualities.