Ben Gvir Sues Gadi Eisenkot for Defamation Over Podcast Remarks
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has filed a NIS 100,000 defamation lawsuit against Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu. The suit alleges Eisenkot falsely attributed violent statements about Arabs to Ben-Gvir on a podcast.
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- Ben-Gvir sues Eisenkot for NIS 100,000 in defamation.
- Lawsuit concerns podcast remarks attributing violent statements to Ben-Gvir.
- Ben-Gvir denies ever making the attributed statements.
- Minister seeks removal of segment and a public retraction.
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Thursday he is suing Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, for NIS 100,000 in a defamation lawsuit. The suit stems from comments Eisenkot made on the "How to Do Things" podcast, where he attributed statements such as "the only way is to kill" and "a good Arab is a dead Arab" to Ben-Gvir.
Ben-Gvir's office stated that Eisenkot also referred to the minister as "the phenomenon called Itamar Ben-Gvir." In the lawsuit filing, Ben-Gvir asserted that he never published, promoted, or disseminated videos containing calls for killing or the phrase "a good Arab is a dead Arab," labeling Eisenkot's claims as a complete fabrication.
Ben-Gvir is seeking damages of NIS 100,000 from Eisenkot and his party, without the need to prove financial loss. He also requested the court order the removal of the podcast segment from all party-controlled platforms and the publication of a clear retraction.
