Pertinent critique by Natasha Roth-Rowland. I've heard that a growing number of commanders in ISR officer corps are also religious/ultranationalist. Can anyone confirm? Big implications if so.
'The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’ ' 972mag.com/netzah-yehuda-…

This is the Israeli unit that the Biden admin may sanction -- after Blinken sat on that recommendation for months.

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Amid the many devastations unfolding across Gaza and the West Bank, it seems almost impossible to apprehend the totality of what Israel is carrying out. Amjad Iraqi has managed it here: nybooks.com/online/2024/03…

'The campaign against our colleagues ... illustrates the depravity of Germany’s discourse on antisemitism, which has twisted itself so far as to interpret statements against Israel’s occupation — even by Jews themselves — as anti-Jewish racism' 972mag.com/basel-adra-yuv… +972 Magazine

'We are witnessing the emergence of an ideologically incoherent but politically effective bloc around the repression of Palestine solidarity on North American campuses, straddling the militant Right and the liberal center' In These Times inthesetimes.com/article/campus…

Our film “No Other Land” on occupied Masafer Yatta’s brutal expulsion won best documentary in Berlinale. Israel’s channel 11 aired this 30 second segment from my speech, insanely called it “anti semitic” - and I’ve been receiving death threats since. I stand behind every word.

I gave an interview a while back to L'Humanité about Netanyahu’s alliances with far-right, antisemitic parties (translated from English)

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In the weeks following October 7, Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir distributed assault rifles to Jewish-Israeli citizens across the country. It was a significant escalation—but par for the course for Israel’s fanatical far-right. inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

Devastating piece about the staggering number of children Israel has killed in Gaza, and the unimaginable, aggregated parental grief

inthesetimes.com/article/gaza-g… via In These Times

One of our most popular pieces recently is this close examination of the depth of fascism in the Israeli government by Natasha Roth-Rowland. The arc from Kahane to Ben-Gvir tells us SO much about the genocidal maniacs we're dealing with right now. inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s extremism is no secret: he’s been convicted of supporting a terrorist organization, and was caught on camera pulling a gun on Palestinians more than once. For many, these bona fides are far from disqualifying—they’re central to his appeal.inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

“As much as Ben-Gvir is the most visible and blatant example of the eliminationist current running through Israeli society ... his supposedly more mainstream peers are not far behind.” inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

The rise of far-right extremism in Israel has deep roots in settler violence against Palestinians. Ben-Gvirism has gone from the fringes to the modus operandi of the state.

A revealing, disturbing, necessary read by Natasha Roth-Rowland for In These Times ⤵️

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Every Jew a .22 and MZ-4: The Path from Kahane to Ben-Gvir -- The rise of far-right extremism in Israel is a long time coming, and it has deep roots in settler violence against Palestinians. by Natasha Roth-Rowland

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“As much as Ben-Gvir is the most visible and blatant example of the eliminationist current running through Israeli society and politics, his supposedly more mainstream peers are not far behind.” Natasha Roth-Rowland inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

The rise of far-right extremism in Israel is a long time coming, and it has deep roots in settler violence against Palestinians. inthesetimes.com/article/from-k…

A real privilege to write for In These Times, about the long, winding path of Israeli fascism

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