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Mar 15, 2023, 10:25 PM

When Good Samaritan is Being Slaughtered by the Kahanist Cabinet

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - 2023/02/11: A protester raises a "Scales of Justice" symbol while other protesters hold a banner and placards during the demonstration. Over 130,000 people protested in Tel Aviv against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government and its controversial legal reform. The proposed legal reform would allow the parliament to overrule the Supreme Court's decision with a majority voting among the 120-seat lawmakers. However, they appoint judges, which boosts their political influence over the system. (Photo by Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu no longer governs Israel, but the country’s nationalist and illiberal trajectories run far deeper than one individual. Israel’s increasingly entrenched hold over Palestinian territories is one obvious manifestation of the country’s right-wing agenda. But in recent years,...

Feb 22, 2023, 1:31 PM

Trace of Kahanism in the New Netanyahu Cabinet

An Israeli man walks past an electoral billboard bearing portraits of Netanyahu flanked by extreme-right politicians, including Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem in 2019 (AFP)

Tensions increased as the far-right cabinet was established in Israel. Netanyahu this time, was back with a numerous amount of votes from right-wing voters and a cabinet filled with hardliners. The major change is the security at risk in...

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Daniel Albu is a father, photographer and freelance journalist living and working in New York.