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The Reputational Arson of Itamar Ben-Gvir

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked widespread controversy by posting a video of himself at an Ashdod detention center, where he taunted detainees from the latest Gaza flotilla incident while parading with an Israeli flag. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Itamar Ben GvirBenjamin NetanyahuSocial MediaNational SecurityInternational RelationsGideon SaarGaza FlotillaAmit SegalReputation

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Ashdod, Southern District, Israel
"Yesterdays fire set by him involved the minister visiting an Ashdod detention center holding the latest batch of Gaza flotilla activists."
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