Right-wing activist Itamar Ben Gvir was one of 2,092 lawyers who were certified last week in a ceremony at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. Ben Gvir is now also officially a member of the Bar Association of Israel.
Ben Gvir had to struggle for more than two years in order to receive his certification, after the Bar Association claimed that a man with rightist views like him should not be a lawyer. Ben Gvir showed the association precedents in a terrorist who tried to kidnap a soldier was allowed to become a lawyer, as well as names of lawyers who are activists in leftist organizations.