Israel’s Prison Scandal Hits New York; Ben-Gvir Disappears!

Right, so Ben-Gvir was apparently meant to be heading to New York.For of all things, a police summit.Yes, Ben-Gvir at a police summit, because apparently irony died and was buried, complete with a judicial badge pinned to the coffin.But then something funny happened. Not so much funny ha-ha, more funny “oh look, there’s lawyers at the airport.” The Hind Rajab Foundation and the Center for Constitutional Rights were ready for him. New York authorities were being asked to look at who was preparing to touchdown on their soil. The prison scandal very much attached to his ministry that he cannot shake off, because the rest of the world isn’t as gone in the head as he is was very much going to be travelling with him.. And suddenly the trip is now reportedly not happening. Bottled it again by any chance Itamar?Well, his office hasn’t confirmed the reason. We can enjoy a mental image of him quivering under his desk clutching a picture of Zohran Mamdani and cursing in his throatiest Hebrew, but we don’t actually know for certain. So no, as much fun as it would be to write a piece where we imagine him sprinting through Ben Gurion Airport with a suitcase full of panic and his tiny hat on sideways. We can’t.However, the sequence is enough. A Police summit. Legal pressure. A prison scandal on the minister for prisons in Israel. And then cancellation.Ben-Gvir is horrible, that’s stating the obvious. The fact that this story is now becoming more and more awkward outside Israel though appears to making the world a much smaller place for him and not without good reason.