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The Knesset is suffering from malignant Kahanism. On Sunday, it enacted a law unrelated to the government coup, the legislative process of which did not encounter public or parliamentary opposition and did not earn its supporters cries of “shame on you!” Yet it is no less dangerous to democracy than the coup, and it proves that the processes of fascism are in full swing.

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is sadly the next in a long list of similar atrocities in apartheid Israel. An Israeli Arab man was convicted of rape after consensual sex with a Jewish woman. This is just another law to help reinforce the apartheid.

Israel has become more extreme and rightwing against Palestinians since the 80s, not less