"Two Olives" Ben Gvir Mobilizes.. The Three-Hour Journey to Steal a Palestinian Prisoner's Meal

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir recounts an incident where he boasted about driving three hours to Ketziot Prison to cancel two extra olives in a Palestinian prisoner's meal, in a scene reflecting the obsession with abuse and systematic starvation of prisoners.

In a televised interview, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir recounted an incident in which he boasted about driving three hours by car to Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert, after receiving a video report from a guard showing eight olives being served in a Palestinian prisoner's meal instead of the permitted six. Ben Gvir left his family's Iftar meal and immediately headed to the prison, mobilizing senior security and military leaders, including the Prison Service Commissioner, the district commander, and the prison commander. He confronted them angrily, questioning the "serious security breach" represented by the two extra olives. The article describes this incident as reflecting the doctrine of abuse and systematic starvation in Israeli prisons under Ben Gvir's supervision, where food policies have become a tool for psychological and physical pressure, amid stripping prisoners of their basic rights.