Muslim activists in US confront far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir
Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has shared a video showing activists denouncing Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
“War criminal!” one person can be heard shouting at Ben-Gvir.
“You killed my family in Gaza!” another person shouts before activists begin chanting, “Free, free Palestine!”
Ben-Gvir is a far-right politician who lives in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. He has been convicted of incitement to racism against Palestinians and has called for the Israeli military to bomb food storage sites in Gaza.
Muslim activists confront Israeli war criminal Itamar Ben-Gvir on Capitol Hill today during #muslimhillday.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/i5wbuzuV3V
— Nihad Awad (@NihadAwad) April 28, 2025
Muslim advocacy group calls for Ben-Gvir to be expelled from US
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused the Israeli national security minister of directing his security detail to harass a woman wearing a keffiyeh in Capitol Hill today.
As we reported earlier, a group of Palestinian rights advocates confronted Ben-Gvir in Washington, DC.
“Ben-Gvir and his security guards later crossed paths with students and members of the Maryland delegation and CAIR national staff, who called him a ‘war criminal’ while he screamed at them and attempted to push through his security guards to approach them,” CAIR said in a statement.
According to the group, Ben-Gvir and some of his aides and security guards approached a CAIR-Washington community legal advocate, Sabrene Odeh, who was wearing a keffiyeh.
“According to Odeh and a witness, CAIR-Washington communications director Katie Walker, Ben-Gvir looked at Odeh and then motioned for his security guard to take notice of her,” CAIR said.
“The guard then walked fast directly towards Odeh as if he was going to physically assault her, forcing her to step back and hit the wall. The guard then passed inches from Odeh.”
UK’s Starmer laments ‘appalling loss of life in Gaza’ in talks with Palestinian PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has held talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa in London.
In a statement that did not include the word “Israel”, the UK prime minister’s office said Starmer told Mustafa “that the UK does not support the resumption in hostilities [in Gaza], which are in nobody’s interests”.
“He added that the UK will continue to press for a return to the ceasefire as a first step to a lasting peace, and reiterated that the return of humanitarian aid into Gaza is critical,” the statement read.
The British government has faced calls to suspend its assistance to Israel, including weapons transfers, amid the Gaza war.
In January, the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) said the United Kingdom’s military collaboration with Israel during its Gaza offensive – as well as its support through arms provisions, logistical aid, and direct military interventions in Yemen – could constitute a breach of international law.
Empty words, the UK does support the resumption of hostilities, both with military shipments and continued reconnaissance flights from Cyprus.
The UK is fully complicit in the genocide, Starmer can go to the ICC as well.
