Ben Gvir deletes AI video showing emaciated Palestinian prisoners after backlash

Ben Gvir deletes AI video showing emaciated Palestinian prisoners after backlash Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 19:24 Israel’s far-right national security minister removed the clip that prompted comparisons with Nazi concentration camps Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir enters Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem 23 on July 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP) Off Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has deleted an AI-generated video showing Palestinian prisoners being systematically starved, after it sparked outrage and comparisons to Nazi concentration camps. The video , posted to Ben Gvir’s social media accounts, showed groups of apparently well-fed Palestinian men in numbered prison uniforms travelling along a conveyor belt towards a detention facility surrounded by fencing. Thought bubbles above the prisoners showed images representing food, education, safety and other basic needs.