From toasting with a bottle of champagne the adoption of a death penalty law tailored to apply to Palestinians, to celebrating his birthday with a noose-adorned cake, Ben Gvir is no stranger to provocative political stunts.The lawyer turned politician regularly grabs headlines with visits to Israeli prisons holding Palestinian detainees, or to the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.The latest outrage stemmed from a video he published on Wednesday showing himself with dozens of detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground.The video drew swift international condemnation, with Italy and Spain calling on the European Union to sanction Ben Gvir.He was also criticised by Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.But Ben Gvir appeared as defiant as ever, calling the images "a great source of pride".In November, he said he fully supported Israeli troops who shot dead two Palestinians at point-blank range after they had surrendered to Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank's Jenin."Terrorists must die!" Ben Gvir wrote on X.Lighting the fuseThe 50-year-old head of the "Jewish Power" party became a member of parliament in 2021, after years of far-right activism.He became a minister in 2022, after an alliance with the far-right Religious Zionist party of Bezalel Smotrich came third in legislative elections.Together, Ben Gvir and finance minister Smotrich form a cornerstone of Netanyahu's right-wing coalition government.Ben Gvir, a father of six, lives in a radical settlement in the occupied West Bank and advocates for Israel's annexation of the territory that is home to some three million Palestinians.He also supports the forcible transfer of some of Israel's Arab population to neighbouring countries.