now, one of those people is itamar ben—gvir. he's the police minister in israel.people. he's overseeing the police operation. now he's somebody with a homophobic track history. he, in the past, has attended counter—protests to gay pride. he arrived there a few minutes ago. he walked down the street here with his security detail. there were cries of shame from the crowd. we caught up with him. i asked him if what he was doing was a provocation. he denied that. but it gives you a real insight into why there is such a sense of tension this year. and the other reason is because there's been a lot of activity on telegram social media in the run up to this from far right ultranationalist groups, particularly one called la habra, which tries to prevent relationships betweenjews and arabs. it is an openly homophobic organisation as well. now, some of their demonstrators have a counter—protest which is over here. if you turn this way, the police have completely separated these two events. now, i'd say there's only about a couple of dozen people over there. we were just ove

israel's far—right police minister itamar ben—gvir was jeered by marchers who accused him of trying tos year's a pride in jerusalem is tolerance. it is a very specific reason for that, and that is because this is the first gay pride celebration since they elected their ultranationalist government, a government that includes openly homophobic ministers, senior ministers, some of whom lead to far right parties. now, one of those people as the police minister in israel, and he is actually responsible for the safety of all these people. overseeing the police operation. now, he is somebody with a homophobic track history. in the past, he attended counter protests to gay pride. he arrived here a few minutes ago and walked down the street here with his security detail. there were cries of shame from the crowd. we caught up with him. i asked from the crowd. we caught up with him. iasked if from the crowd. we caught up with him. i asked if what he did was a provocation, he denied that, but it gives you a real insight into why there is such a sense of tension this year, and the other reason is b

. >> we have calls by the israeli national security minister, who has been from the far right ben-gvirs been calling now for very major measures in the west bank against the palestinians, including the return of targeted assassinations and destruction of buildings. stephanie: he says this is linked to israeli settlements in the west bank. >> there is a lot of despair. stephanie: israel announced a new round of settlement expansion, 4000 units, as a top american official was arriving. from washington, the state department said the u.s. was deeply troubled. >> it is a perfect storm, whereby you've got a vacuum in the west bank built by militant groups, and you have a government in israel that has elements to it that would like to not just have no two states, but preclude it ever happening in the future. stephanie: david makovsky is the director of the koret project on arab-israel relations at the washington institute. he says that far-right policies in israel have further weakened the palestinian authority. earlier this year, minister of finance bezalel smotrich seized taxes earmarked fo