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7. I've said before on here .....
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 03:10 AM
Jun 2022

there is much worse waiting in the wings than Bibi .
He is using the Kahanists to regain power .
We on the Left have been warning about this for years .
Now the Center are waking up :

“The strongest person today in the opposition is not [Benjamin] Netanyahu, it’s Itamar Ben Gvir,” Lapid said in a swipe at the former prime minister.


Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-accuses-far-right-mk-of-pushing-racist-anti-democratic-agenda/

Even the Ultra-Orthodox are worried :

Ultra-Orthodox parties fear vote drain as Haredi youth turns to far-right

Analysis: As more and more young religious Jews find firebrand MK Itamar Ben Gvir's political ideas appealing, Haredi party leaders become concerned with Otzma Yehudit stealing votes from ultra-Orthodox in upcoming elections

After years in which far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir was relentlessly denounced by the Left, the leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party recently had to content with similar treatment from the right side of the political map.

Source : https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sylp49ty9

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