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Itamar Ben-Gvir

إيتمار بن جفير איתמר בן גביר
Minister In government Verified

National Security Minister and leader of Otzma Yehudit. Far-right voice in the 25th Knesset coalition.

Country
Israel
Party
Otzma Yehudit
Role
Minister

Individual position

Scored from Itamar Ben-Gvir's own documents rather than inherited from a party — capturing where this figure diverges from the party line. The overlay shows Otzma Yehudit's profile for comparison. Provisional, document-grounded estimate; see methodology.

Itamar Ben-Gvir's spider profile vs. Otzma Yehudit
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press
Itamar Ben-Gvir Otzma Yehudit
Axis scores
Economic —
Social -7.0
State & religion —
Liberal democracy -5.0
West alignment —
Regional stance —
Palestinian question -9.0
Civil liberties -8.0
Regime stance —
Centralism vs federalism —
Traditionalism vs modernization —
Gender equality —
Iran posture —
Press freedom —

Briefs about Otzma Yehudit

Hand-written political-science mini-papers comparing Otzma Yehudit to other parties. 1 brief on file.

Other politicians in Otzma Yehudit

Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →

On the record

Quotes attributed to Itamar Ben-Gvir that have passed verification. Each carries a year, the context of the statement, and at least one source citation. Browse the full corpus or play the "Who said it?" game.

  • Mr. Prime Minister, you said that a strong prime minister tells the President of the United States—'yes' when possible, and 'no'—when necessary. This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump—'no'. Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters, and to restore security to the north.
    אדוני ראש הממשלה, אמרת שראש ממשלה חזק אומר לנשיא ארה״ב- ׳כן׳ כשאפשר, ו׳לא׳- כשצריך. זה הזמן לומר לידידנו, הנשיא טראמפ-׳לא׳. כעת הזמן לעשות מה שמתחייב ונדרש כדי להכות בחיזבאללה, להתיר את ידי לוחמינו ולהחזיר את הביטחון לצפון.
    2026 Tweeted on X on June 1, 2026, aimed at Netanyahu to continue striking Lebanon despite President Trump's call to stop. x.com
  • The time has come to be landlords in our country. We have to restore deterrence, we have to be the masters of the situation.
    הגיע הזמן להיות בעלי בית בארץ שלנו. צריך להחזיר את ההרתעה, צריך להיות אדוני המצב.
    2022 November 1 2022 election-night address after the party's breakthrough into the Knesset as a senior coalition partner — the speech that previewed the new National Security ministry's posture. en.wikipedia.org

Source documents

Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Itamar Ben-Gvir [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ben-gvir
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Itamar Ben-Gvir." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ben-gvir.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-ben-gvir,
  title     = {{Itamar Ben-Gvir}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ben-gvir},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.