The thugs take over the Knesset
JVL Introduction
We all know a bit about the fanaticism of Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party and Itamar Ben Gvir of Jewish Power.
But they’re just the tip of the iceberg.
Nate Orbach, writing in +972 Magazine, introduces us to a motley assortment of other racist rogues and villains who will be joining them in making life hell for Palestinians in Israel and under occupation, for gays, asylum seekers, and leftwing or liberal Israelis.
Their first aim is to override the Supreme Court’s ability to act as a restraint on the unbridled power of the current majority.
After that anything is possible as a narrow-minded religious fundamentalism and unrestrained ethno-nationalism seeks to entrench itself in permanence.
This article was originally published by +972 Magazine on Thu 29 Dec 2022. Read the original here.
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Perhaps you may have forgotten that old Israel had always had internal disputes that led into violence between different factions. It led to the end of old Israel and this may well lead to the present Israel today. Sooner or later the unacceptable awfulness of racist conduct towards those wanting to survive as people i.e. Palestinians, will have to end or destroy Israel as a nation.