My name is Itamar Ben-Gvir. I was born in 1976 in Mevaseret Zion, Israel. I am currently serving as the Minister of National Security in Israel. I am also a member of the Knesset and leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party. 

I grew up with secular parents but adopted religious and radical right-wing views as a teenager during the First Intifada. I began my political career as a youth organizer for radical right-wing movements like Kach and Kahane Chai which advocated for transferring Arabs 