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  Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir Ben Reiff He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond No, you’re not hallucinating: western governments really are condemning Israel, one-by-one, without equivocation. Not because of the  ongoing genocide  in Gaza that has killed  more than 70,000 Palestinians , of course, but because of a PR stunt in which Israel’s national security minister filmed himself  taunting foreign activists . On Wednesday morning, Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port where Israel had detained hundreds of participants in an international aid flotilla that was attempting to breach the naval blockade of Gaza. In a  video  he posted to social media, the minister can be seen mocking the activists as they are forced to kneel in rows with their heads on the ground and hands bound with zip ties. Israel’s national anthem can be heard b...