Marwan Barghouti, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the Israeli need to humiliate

August 16, 2025
Abdaljawad Omar

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s staged attempt at humiliating Marwan Barghouti exposed the impotence of the Palestinian political order — but it also laid bare the insecurities and anxieties that fuel Israel’s need to publicly subjugate Palestinians.

Mural of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2023. (Photo: Nidal Al-Wahidi/APA Images)