Ben-Gvir Praises Far-right Activist Behind 'Death Prayer' for ex-PM Rabin Before Assassination [View all]

At the bar mitzvah of the son of a far-right activist known for organizing a Kabbalistic ceremony that condemned then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to death prior to his assassination, the national security minister said the activist is 'synonymous with devotion'

Josh Breiner
Jun 4, 2025

Eskin was a very prominent far-right activist, including during the time of the Oslo Accords. In 1979, he was imprisoned for damaging the property of two Palestinian families in Hebron, and he was later active in Meir Kahane's Kach movement. In 2001, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison for involvement in the placing of a pig's head in the Muslim cemetery and for his involvement in soliciting an activist to torch the offices of Dor Shalem Doresh Shalom [A Whole Generation Demands Peace] in Jerusalem. After his release, he appeared frequently in Russian media.

Eskin and Ben-Gvir were detained and arrested for various far-right activities, and both were active in trying to secure the release of Rabin's assassin, Yigal Amir. In 2005, they were detained after Haaretz reported that they "attempted to forcibly enter the Temple Mount". In 2008, they were arrested during a demonstration in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel.

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Ben-Gvir argued before the High Court of Justice in 2023 that he had "changed his ways" and no longer identified with [Meir] Kahane. Nonetheless, one of his close advisors was a student of the late Kach leader, Lehava chairman Bentzi Gopstein, who was recently convicted of incitement to terrorism.

Ben Gvir personally went to Kahane's grave in a Jerusalem cemetery on the anniversary of his death, and makes sure to attend celebrations at the Ha'Raayon Hayehudi [The Jewish Idea] Yeshiva that Kahane founded and where the curtain over the Ark of the Covenant has an inscription praising the murderer Baruch Goldstein.

Source : Haaretz
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