'You picked the wrong minister': Ben-Gvir confronts terrorists who planned attack on him in prison
The footage shows a meeting he held about a month ago with terrorists who, he claims, belonged to one of the cells that planned to assassinate him and harm members of his family.
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara instructed the Israel Prison Service Commissioner not to allow National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to enter prisons to document meetings with terrorists and prisoners for election propaganda purposes. Despite this directive, Ben-Gvir published footage from a prison visit on Sunday morning, showing a confrontation with a terrorist he claims was part of a cell that planned to assassinate him and his family.
In the footage, Ben-Gvir confronts the terrorist face-to-face, threatening his execution and making it clear he intends to continue tightening prison conditions for security prisoners. He confronts the terrorist, telling him, "You tried to kill me." He then adds, "You picked the wrong minister. I'm not afraid of you, nor of a thousand others like you. And with God's help, we'll have you executed."
Ben-Gvir promises to make prison conditions harsher and continues to assert his stance on the death penalty for terrorists, stating, "I will continue to make conditions in the prisons harsher. I will keep giving you every reason to hate me." He addresses one of the terrorists, remarking, "Their legs were shaking."
Despite the attorney-general's directive, the footage Ben-Gvir published was filmed about a month prior to the instruction, not during a new visit after it was issued. This meeting took place amidst Ben-Gvir's ongoing policy of tightening prison conditions and advancing the death penalty for terrorists.
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