Netanyahu pushes to define Israel as 'state for Jewish people only'

[JimW]

The anti-legal reform protestors chanted "Where were you" at the police who turned up for them sharpish but let Hawara burn. There is hope.

 

[ska invita]

I found this overview really useful...Andrew Feinstein seems very sound

 

[frogwoman]

I found this overview really useful...Andrew Feinstein seems very sound

People have said this stuff (about Israel being or becoming fascist) since Israel's formation though. The difference now is that internal dissent was always allowed among Jews and to some extent other non Palestinian residents, and the likes of Kach etc were kept out of state power and even jailed. Now they have brought into the heart of government people who are the equivalent of Golden Dawn or BNP type fash here and given them top positions.

 

[frogwoman]

Just to emphasise Bezalel Smotrich's appointment would be like Mark Collett or someone being made chancellor here.

 

[teqniq]

The anti-legal reform protestors chanted "Where were you" at the police who turned up for them sharpish but let Hawara burn. There is hope.

They also arrested a load of settlers and then let them go later without charge. Quelle surprise.

 

[frogwoman]

Then there's this guy. Actually been in jail for hate crime ffs

Itamar Ben-Gvir - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Proper fucked up, it truly is.

 

[teqniq]

FFS :

 

[ska invita]

shames me to say but i really want this all to blow up in Starmers face

 

[Pickman's model]

FFS :

What, wiped out like lidice?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

What, wiped out like lidice?

With just Hawara?

 

[Pickman's model]

With just Hawara?

if i had my way there'd be rather fewer villages in the west bank: albeit the ones i'd see removed would be the foul settler communities in 'samaria' and 'judea'

 

[teqniq]

This is worth a read:

Netanyahu Holds the Key to De-escalating Israel’s Crisis

How the country’s tense dispute over court powers may have crossed a point of no return and why the only solution is in the government’s hands

newlinesmag.com

 

[Pickman's model]

This is worth a read:

Netanyahu Holds the Key to De-escalating Israel’s Crisis

How the country’s tense dispute over court powers may have crossed a point of no return and why the only solution is in the government’s hands

newlinesmag.com

if anyone claims the jews rule the world you need only point to the zionist entity to show how far that is from reality

 

[teqniq]

That is a lot of people:

 

[Sasaferrato]

Is it fascist? Or is it theocratic? (Not that either is good.).

Is this being driven by the Jewish equivalent of the Taliban?

Or is it simply trying to legitimise a blatant land grab?

One thing is sure, the direction of the current Israeli government is not going to enhance their status in the world.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Bibi getting his house surrounded?

 

[Tanya1982]

Is it fascist? Or is it theocratic? (Not that either is good.).

Is this being driven by the Jewish equivalent of the Taliban?

Or is it simply trying to legitimise a blatant land grab?

One thing is sure, the direction of the current Israeli government is not going to enhance their status in the world.

Both. Bibi was always this person. Never forget, the man led protests where an empty coffin with Rabin’s name on it was paraded through the streets. Rabin’s widow held him personally responsible for what followed. He knew that some rabbis in his circle had issued a rodef (better known in an Islamic context as a fatwa), he happily appeared alongside them, and he feels no guilt that someone acted on it. He has always been a vile character, ready to incite the most horrific things up to and including murder, by the supremacists and fundamentalists he freely cultivates.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Is it fascist? Or is it theocratic? (Not that either is good.).

Theocracy is just an excuse for fascism. Unless you really think god is giving these fuckers notes.

 

[Humberto]

Then there's this guy. Actually been in jail for hate crime ffs

Itamar Ben-Gvir - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

He's mentioned here:

Last weekend, Israel went to the brink. Netanyahu fired his defence minister, who had called for a pause in the judicial “reforms”, prompting hundreds of thousands to pour into the streets, spontaneously and late at night, to say no. The trade union movement called a general strike, which, incredibly, was supported by their bosses: imagine the TUC and CBI in joint strike action to oppose the UK government. Leaders of local councils, including some from Netanyahu’s own Likud party, went on hunger strike to protest against their leader’s “judicial coup”.

Eventually, Netanyahu backed down, announcing a “time out” on his plans. But he has not dropped them. He could well bring them back in a tactically smarter way: piecemeal, so that there’s no single, rallying focus to galvanise the opposition. What’s more, he threw a terrifying bone to one of his most extreme coalition allies. To win backing for the pause, Netanyahu announced that his security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-rightist with convictions for racist incitement and support of a terror organisation, would be allowed to form a new “national guard” directly under his own command. That ugly sound you hear is the echo of a dark history.

Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But the threat is not only to Israel | Jonathan Freedland

As one door slid open for Northern Ireland 25 years ago, another was sliding shut for Israel and Palestine – and disaster followed, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

And:

Ben-Gvir’s militia: the nightmare keeping Israel’s weary protesters in the streets

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www.haaretz.com

Scary stuff.

 

[teqniq]

Not quite going according to plan:

 

[teqniq]

On the other hand. Absolutely awful:

 

[_Russ_]

Apparently just dehydrated, but hope springs eternal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taken to hospital after suffering chest pains

 

[yield]

Over 200,000 at first weekend rallies since overhaul law passed
Times of Israel 29/07/23

Monday’s vote saw lawmakers approve a measure that prevents judges from striking down government and ministerial decisions on the basis they are “unreasonable.” The law was approved by all 64 coalition members — with the entire 56-strong opposition boycotting the vote — despite the sustained mass protests, vehement opposition from top judicial, security, economic and public figures, repeated warnings from allies, chief among them the US, and thousands of military reservists vowing to quit service.

Protest organizers have vowed to keep the demonstrations going.

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across the country against the overhaul. Some 174,000 people gathered for the main rally at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv Saturday, according to Channel 13 news, which cited the Crowd Solutions firm. Tens of thousands of others protested in some 150 other cities, towns and intersections across the country, including a reported 25,000 in Haifa, thousands in Jerusalem, and what organizers said were 17,000 in Kfar Saba.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Theocracy is just an excuse for fascism. Unless you really think god is giving these fuckers notes.

They all tend to link arms with religion do fascists.

 

[_Russ_]

Hoping the 2 sides can't reach an agreement, closely followed by a mass uprising resulting in netanyahu and his thugs getting lynched but reading suggests that the majority of Israelis actually share most of his outlook on how to behave so I wont hold my breath

IDF: Halevi did not tell PM that military will break in 48 hours

 

[bimble]

reading suggests that the majority of Israelis actually share most of his outlook on how to behave

Can you direct me to this reading ?