I just watched an informative documentary on Arte detailing important aspects of the actual farright government of Israel and some of its key figures: the boss, Netanyahu, the minister of national security and defense, Ben-Gvir, and the minister of finance, Smotrich.
**Israel: extremists in power**
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Israel: Extremists in Power - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
The current Israeli government is the most right-wing in the nation’s history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in coalition with far-right p...
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It's available in Germany until the 30th of Oct (why so short, just one month?!).
Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel: "Netanyahu had reached the stage of paying for their (Hamas) protection through the Qataris for years, at an average of 1.5 billion dollars, half of which went on military infrastructure to build tunnels.
According to him (Netanyahu), all those who wanted to avoid the construction of a Palestinian State at all costs had to support his position that Hamas had to be paid and strengthened."
That's a really bold statement, not surprising tho. Does anyone have more materials to back up this claim?
The documentary covers several other important aspects, but that's a crucial one.
Again, one of the biggest threats to the planet is the global farright movement, which navigates well on disinformation campaigns.
#farright #israel #extremism #netanyahu #hamas #palestine #bengvir #smotrich #HateSpeech #racism
