Israel: The End of Democracy?

Netanyahu’s coalition has the majority support among Israeli Jews, but it has adopted the most extreme goals of ethno-nationalist settlers and religious ultra-conservatives as its own policies.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on charges of breach of trust, taking bribes, and fraud in 2019. He was facing up to 10 years in jail, if found guilty, when he returned to the prime ministership.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 27, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—The protesters in Israel came out every week for seven months to fight what they saw as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assault on democracy, but they lost. On July 24, Netanyahu’s coalition government passed a ‘basic law’ that effectively ends the...

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