Pro-Palestinian protesters confront Israeli National Security Minister [Ben Gvir] as he leaves event near Yale | CNN (2025-04-23)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/us/yale-university-protest-israel-gaza/index.html
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>> Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was confronted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators in New Haven, Connecticut, Wednesday night …

>> “Water bottles were thrown” at Ben Gvir, his office said, when the far-right minister exited a building in front of protesters following a speech he gave at Shabtai, a private Jewish society at Yale, not officially affiliated with the university.

>> Earlier Wednesday evening as the event began, protesters crowded the sidewalk outside the gated building…

>> Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators also gathered at Yale University Tuesday night to protest Ben Gvir’s visit.

>> A #Yale spokesperson told CNN an “unregistered group” of 200 people not “affiliated with any recognized student organization” gathered Tuesday …

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  • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    For the people who don’t know who he is

    Ben-Gvir is a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, whose “political background lies in Kahanism - a violently racist movement that supports the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands”. He has a long history of anti-Arab activism leading to dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions of crimes including incitement to racism and support for, as well as possession of propaganda of, a terrorist organization (the now illegal political party Kach). As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jews accused of Jewish extremist terrorism on trial in Israel.

    (Wikipedia)