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Itamar Ben‑Gvir’s birthday cake featured a noose referring to death penalty law

newsMay 3, 202624104

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake decorated with a noose and a Hebrew inscription reading 'Sometimes dreams come true'. Photos and videos connect the cake to the Knesset's newly passed law that allows the death penalty for Palestinian detainees classified as terrorists, legislation Ben-Gvir strongly promoted. The cake's imagery and message amount to a public endorsement by a senior minister of a law that changes Israel's criminal penalties and raises international human rights and security concerns.

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