Netanyahu paves way of radical-right party to enter Knesset - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shlomi Eldar

Shlomi Eldar

Sep 11, 2019

Israeli extreme right-wing activist Dr. Micael Ben-Ari, leader of Otzma Yehudit party is carried by supporters at the party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019. (Photo by Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images) — Israeli extreme right-wing activist Michael Ben-Ari, leader of Otzma Yehudit, is carried by supporters at the party's election campaign event, Bat Yam, Israel, April 06, 2019. — Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Leader of the far right 'Otzma Yehudit' (Jewish power) party Itamar Ben-Gvir waves as he marches with supporters at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on September 13, 2019. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Moshe Feiglin, leader of Zehut, an ultra-nationalist religious party, poses for a selfie with supporters at an election campaign event in Tel Aviv, Israel April 2, 2019. Picture taken April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Corinna Kern - RC1FE25CD6B0

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Israeli extreme right-wing activist Dr. Micael Ben-Ari, leader of Otzma Yehudit party speaks at the party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019. (Photo by Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel’s national-religious party allies with racist right

Shlomi Eldar

(L to R) Heba Yazbak, member and candidate for the Balad (National Democratic Alliance) party that is part of the Joint List alliance, applauds as Osama Saadi, member and candidate for the Arab Movement for Change (Taal) party raises his hands together with Balad party member and candidate Mtanes Shehadeh, Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) party's chairman and candidate Ayman Odeh, Taal's leader and candidate Ahmad Tibi, Hadash's member and candidate Aida Touma, and the Islamic Movement's mem

Israel’s Gantz dismisses the Joint List, shooting self in foot, again

Shlomi Eldar