Ben-Zion Gopstein

Ben-Zion "Bentzi" Gopstein is an Israeli activist, a student of Meir Kahane, and founder and director of Lehava ("Flame"), an Israeli far-right and anti-assimilationist organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba, an Israeli settlement where Itamar Ben-Gvir, the modern chairman of Otzma Yehudit also resides, between 2010 and 2013. In November 2019, he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence, and racism. In April 2024, he was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State and the European Union.