Israel’s war in Gaza: an object lesson for democracies?

Electing governments controlled by religious and ideological fundamentalists is fraught with serious risk.

If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s, left, avoidance of the consequences of only three criminal charges can contribute to the chaos in the Middle East, we need to be equally concerned at what former U.S. president Donald Trump’s attempts to avoid 91 indictments will lead to, writes Joseph Ingram.White House photograph by D. Myles Cullen

Opinion

BY JOSEPH INGRAM

December 11, 2023

Once the killing in Gaza, the West Bank, and northern Israel subsides, the day of reckoning will come for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Likud party, and its extreme-right-wing religious partners—and it won’t be pretty for any of them, nor for Israeli society as ...

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