Israel’s Treatment of Captured Gaza Flotilla Activists Sparks Global Outrage The images of Israeli security minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunting captured activists, with their hands tied behind their backs and foreheads pressed to the ground, have seared themselves into the global consciousness.
The treatment of these civilians is monstrous, and not just the actions themselves, but also the government's feeble attempts to justify them.
Ben Gvir's display was meant to assert Israel's authority over its territory, but instead it has exposed the nation's hypocrisy.