Ben Gvir praises arrest of Ahed Tamimi

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, has praised the arrest of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi. 

"All respect to the IDF forces for tonight's arrest of the terrorist and 'human rights activist' Ahed Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, previously convicted for assaulting IDF soldiers," he wrote on X. 

"Since the war started, she has openly shown support for Nazi human animals on social networks," Ben Gvir said. "There must be zero tolerance for terrorists and those who support terror! That's the way it should be!"

Last week, Tamimi reportedly posted on her Instagram: "We are waiting for you in all the West Bank cities from Hebron to Jenin - we will slaughter you and you will say that what Hitler did to you was a joke."

However, others have stated that she did not write the post, and it came from an account not owned by Tamimi.

She garnered widespread media attention in 2017, aged 16, when she was arrested following an altercation with Israeli soldiers who refused to leave her home in Nabi Saleh, a village in the occupied West Bank. 

Tamimi was sentenced to eight months in an Israeli prison as a minor, making headlines around the world.