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Israel 2019: There is still hope for coexistence

In stark contrast to the racist performances of two of Rabbi Kahane’s top disciples, who were disqualified from running for the Knesset, the success of a joint performance by Jews and Arabs singing of peace and equality stands out.
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The gatekeepers of Israeli democracy chalked up several victories in recent days. The most important one was thwarting plans by two of nationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane’s meritorious disciples to run for the Knesset and pollute its benches.

Such a plan could have taken place. The two — Baruch Marzel and Bentzi Gopstein of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party (Jewish Power) — might have been on the ballot had the Supreme Court rejected on Aug. 25 an appeal against their inclusion on the candidates’ list of Otzma Yehudit. The petitioners objected the decision made earlier by the Central Elections Committee to allow Marzel and Gopstein to run in the Sept. 17 elections, despite the attorney general’s recommendation to disqualify the two.

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