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Racist, anti-LGBT Religious Zionism party to flex muscle in Knesset

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Published: 25 March 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

ELECTION: As Netanyahu fails to gain a majority, far-right groups - united into one party - will become his newest allies; Kahanist success is the culmination of 33 years of activism

'Racist and reprehensible': Jewish Power set to enter Israel's parliament (Guardian)
Benjamin Netanyahu is betting on a partnership with a group so extreme that even the prime minister’s usually unflinching backers from the pro-Israel US lobby cannot stomach it. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) has called Jewish Power, a party of ultranationalist extremists, “racist and reprehensible”

Kahane vowed to be part of Israel's government. After 33 years, his wish is set to come true (Haaretz)
Israel election results show Itamar Ben-Gvir, a disciple of Meir Kahane, has been voted into to the Knesset, and possibly the government, in the culmination of many years of far-right activism and media attention

Entering Knesset, far-rightists want to legalise outposts, fight ‘LGBT agenda’ (Times of Israel)
Religious Zionism will be most extreme party in parliament in decades, with lawmakers who back expelling ‘disloyal’ Arabs and vow to ‘put the Torah first’

Rabbi behind anti-LGBT party says right and left both ‘tainted’ with ‘perverts’ (Times of Israel)
In recordings aired by Channel 12, Tsvi Tau heard saying he hopes Noam faction, now about to enter Knesset, will establish foothold and grow stronger, fight ‘post-modernist poison’

The Smotrich phenomenon - how Religious Zionist Party got 194,000 votes (Jerusalem Post)
Independently none of these movements would have secured enough votes to enter the Knesset

Photo: Religious Zionism party chairman Bezalel Smotrich (L) and candidate Itamar Ben Gvir celebrate on election night (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
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