New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett – even more racist than Netanyahu
The swearing in of a new Israeli Prime Minister after 12 years of appalling anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism from former Prime Minister Netanyahu is not good news.
New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tips the scales as even more racist than Netanyahu.
Netanyahu was infamous for statements of race-hatred such as:
- “The way to deal with Palestinians is to beat them up. Not once but repeatedly, beat them up so it hurts so badly, until its unbearable”
- “Palestinians are an existential threat to Israel” (shades of the Nazi attitudes to Jews)
- “Israeli is not a state for all its citizens” (ie he’s right – it’s an apartheid state – Palestinians are second-class citizens)
(If anyone isn’t sure just how racist these statements are – replace the word “Palestinians” with the word “Jews” and read them again!)
Bennett has, if anything, even more appalling attitudes:
His comment to a Palestinian representative in the Israeli parliament “…when you were still swinging from trees, we had a Jewish state here.”
Bennett is on record as advocating the murder of Palestinians taken prisoner. The former Israeli Defence Force officer says: “I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life and there’s no problem with that”
“The establishment of a Palestinian state based on the ’67 borders is impossible” He said there will never be a Palestinian state on his watch. “It’s just not going to happen”
He supports illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, the continuation of the siege on Gaza, and laws and institutions which perpetuate Jewish superiority and the marginalisation of the Palestinian citizens.
Bennett’s number two on his Yamina Party list, and predicted to be the new Israeli Interior Minister, Ayelet Shaked, has to be seen to be believed. She has posted on Facebook saying “the entire Palestinian people is the enemy” and justifies its destruction, “including its elderly and its women, its cities and its villages, its property and its infrastructure.” She calls for the slaughter of Palestinian mothers who give birth to “little snakes.”
She is a self-declared fascist. Here is a recent Ayelet Shaked election campaign video. It is not a spoof – it’s her actual election video.
In Israeli it is business as usual in the racism, apartheid and brutality meted out against Palestinians. And it is business as usual for the international solidarity movement which is building BDS campaigns against apartheid Israel just as we did against apartheid South Africa.
Horrific result because the USA will keep shipping arms and cash to the Israeli State and Military.
The Irish Parliament despite the sometimes conservative nature of politics there, recently passed a motion condemning Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian land–the only EU country to take such a position.
Other countries like NZ need to build local campaigns to build support for recognition of Palestine. It is not a “conflict” it is an Occupation of Palestine!
The big man is gone, and the Israel lobby will never be the same
Netanyahu easily moved U.S. policy for over a decade, due to the force of his will and the use of the powerful Israel lobby in U.S. politics, especially on the Democratic side. Today one force is gone and the other is in disarray.
https://mondoweiss.net/2021/06/the-big-man-is-gone-and-the-israel-lobby-will-never-be-the-same/
Brewer: anent this news item about Netanyahu, a family member remarked: that’s the state of Israeli politics nowadays. Far Right, Far Far Right and Hebrew Hitler.
Words fail me regarding the heinous statements of Netanyahu, Bennett and Shaked!
Those nations supplying military hardware to Israel are automatically complicit in committing genocide, enabling the rogue state to achieve its Palestinian final solution aim, as is the rest of the international community for doing nothing! How long is it going to take before the world says enough?
Keep up the good work John.
Writing and speaking the truth always encourages a disparate response.
Mansoor Abbas will come under enormous pressure from Palestinians to walk away from this coalition of historically opposing voices.
The United Arab list represents Palestinian Israeli’s who account for 21% of the population of Israel.
If Netanyahu can fend off his legal problems long enough he may still find sanctuary in government again.
Agree 100% Jay11.
Jeff Halper (no relation) and Yumna Patel join the Katie Halper show live from Jerusalem and Bethlehem, respectively. Yumna Patel, Palestine correspondent for Mondo Weiss talks to us from Bethlehem where she’s reporting.
Jeff Halper is an Israeli anthropologist, Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) in Jerusalem and a founding member of the One Democratic State Campaign.
Chapters:
0:00 Youmna Patel on being restricted by Twitter & social media censorship of Israel critics
18:26 Jeff Halper and Youmna. Jeff points out that 47% Israeli Jews think the cease fire came too early.
29:22 How Jeff came to Israel
34:00 Jeff and Youmna on media bias
38:23 Jeff and Youmna on social media suppression, one state solution and the challenges it faces
50:00 Youmna’s urges people to have on Palestinian guests, talks about her own identity at as the daughter of Indian parents by way of South Africa and the legacy of apartheid.
1:05:00 Jeff on one state and Israeli myths
1:17:00 responding to Debra Messing
2:09:00 Yiddish Culture Scholar Ruth Weiss’ scary propaganda tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNEVOqVy04&t=1320s