Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem say that Minister Ben-Gvir’s comments on restricting Arab movement inflict major damage on Israel’s public diplomacy efforts after American model Bella Hadid accuses him of racism

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Officials concerned Ben-Gvir’s spat with Bella Hadid ‘gift for BDS’
Eran Swissa and Shirit Avitan Cohen
August 25, 2023

…Ben-Gvir shot back on Friday, in a tweet attacking the pro-Palestinian advocate. “Good morning to Israel-hater Bella Hadid,” he wrote. “I saw that you took an excerpt from my interview yesterday and sent it out to the world in the hope of making me look racist and unenlightened. I invite you to my hometown Kiryat Arba to see how we live our lives, how Jews who have never hurt a soul get murdered here, and to witness the threats me and wife and children get every day…So yes, my right, my wife’s, my children’s, to roam the roads of Judea and Samaria and to make it back home safely – that is more important than the right of terrorists who throw rocks and murder us. I am not apologizing and not retracting what I said. I will repeat this 1,000 times. The People of Israel live.” READ MORE

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