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Bezalel Smotrich said he hoped Gaza’s Palestinian population would drop by at least 90 percent.
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Fast Forward Israeli government pushes bill for facial recognition surveillance cameras in public spaces
The bill says a police officer of undetermined rank will be able to decide that a camera be placed in a public area and at protest demonstrations
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Fast Forward Israeli cops and firefighters barred by far-right minister from Wexner fellowships at Harvard University
Itamar Ben Gvir accused the Wexner Foundation, which funds the fellowship, of being ideologically comprised because of alleged ties to left-wing groups
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Fast Forward State Dept. condemns far-right Israeli minister for saying his right to travel is ‘more important than Arabs’ freedom of movement’
Itamar Ben-Gvir defended his remarks that Jewish rights trump Arab ones in “Judea and Samaria"
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