UN Condemns Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir's Threat To Visit Fatah Leader Marwan Barghouthi's Cell

Itamar Ben-Gvir Israel. (Wikimedia Commons/DedaSasha)

JAKARTA - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned the threat posed by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir against the leader of the Palestinian Fatah Group Marwan Barghouthi who has been detained since 2002.

Last Friday, the Israeli far-right politician posted a video of himself on his X account, threatening Marwan Barghouti after visiting his cell in Ramon Prison, Israel.

"Video footage showing Israel's National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, cursing and mocking Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi, directly inside Israeli prisons, is unacceptable," said UN High Commissioner Spokesman for Human Rights Thameen Al-Kheetan, quoted by WAFA Aug. 20.

"The behavior of the minister and the publication of the recording are attacks on Barghouthi's dignity," he said.

He stressed that international law requires all those detained to be treated humanely, dignifiedly and their human rights to be respected and protected.

"Such action by the minister in charge of Israel's Prison Service could promote violence against Palestinian prisoners, allowing human rights abuses at Israeli detention facilities," he said.

It is known that Marwan Barghouthi, who was born in 1959, was a member of the Central Committee for the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah. He was detained by Israeli occupation authorities during the Second Intifada in 2002 and later sentenced to five life imprisonment.

אני קורא הבוקר שכל מיני "גורמים בכירים" ברשות לא כ"כ אהבו את מה שאמרתי לארכי מחבל מרואן ברגותי ימ"ש

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— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) August 15, 2025

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