Trump just recently said he’s considering attacking Oman.

Politicians say really terrible, stupid things on a fairly regular basis. The difference between the two situations is that Ben-Gvir is loathed by 90% of Israeli society (Trump still has 33% approval) and unlike Trump has no power to follow through on his threats.[1]

[1]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/israel-court-battle-o...

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Georgelemental 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, he is totally powerless, he merely controls the police and prison system. (BTW, the Israeli government just announced it plans to transfer law enforcement in the West Bank over to Ben-Gvir's police: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/israeli-milita...)

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nixon_why69 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Worth noting that proposal was stopped on animal rights grounds, rather than humam rights.

	▲	EA-3167 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s an injunction and arguably a legal pretext to stop it in its tracks. That’s not uncommon in any system, just like SCOTUS rulings often seem strangely specific to restrain the scope of their ruling. Tl;dr Lawfare is a thing and it’s effing everywhere.

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benregenspan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Ben-Gvir is loathed by 90% of Israeli society...Trump still has 33% approval

Maybe that 90% number is for Tel Aviv. In national polls, they both have roughly the same approval rating.

	▲	vintermann 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have a long-held feeling with Trump that his most ardent haters don't hate his specific policies, merely that he's so gauche about it, that he has no class. I have no doubt that Ben-Gvir has a similar segment of haters in Israel. They want the same things, but they don't want to do it in the style of a leering hooligan fishing for a fistfight.