Israel’s rightwing campaigns on anti-Palestinian abuses

Ahead of the October elections, far-right Israeli ministers, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, are using the machinery of occupation as campaign material. Smotrich released an AI-generated ad threatening to replicate in the Negev and Galilee what he has done in the West Bank. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also shared a video depicting Palestinian prisoners in degrading conditions, while demolitions and evictions continue across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.