Overview

• Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Marwan Barghouti in Ganot Prison earlier this week and posted a video of the prisonhouse encounter on his social media account.
• In the 13-second clip, the far-right minister threatens Barghouti—who appears frail after prolonged solitary confinement—vowing that anyone who harms Israelis “will be wiped out.”
• Barghouti’s family and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society raised alarms over his gaunt appearance and alleged harsh treatment after more than two years in isolation.
• Palestinian officials denounced the visit as state terrorism and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to secure independent access to their detainees.
• Israeli authorities confirmed the video’s authenticity, defended the inspection as a routine review of prisoner conditions and denied any physical abuse or threats beyond rhetorical warnings.