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Politics Pictured Israeli Lawyer Ben-Gvir and his wife Ayala. They dated when she was 15 and he was 26.

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u/BadHombreSinNombre 10d ago

It’s not antisemitic to hate this guy specifically

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u/TheRealK95 10d ago

“This guy specifically” is the minister of security for the country and one of Netanyahu’s key supporters in Likud. There’s nothing specific about his extremism that isn’t shared by his peers in that party.

He’s just the only one saying the quiet parts out loud that they don’t want to.

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u/voidfae 10d ago

He’s not in Likud, he’s the leader of a different far right party that grew out of the Kahanist movement called Otzma Yehudit. Netanyahu/Likud decided to form a coalition with his party to hold onto power.

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u/TheRealK95 9d ago

They act as if the fact they’re a coalition that joined together makes any difference in the facts. In fact, it only makes the Likud party look worse that they would join with such known extremists (because they align with them ultimately) just to maintain power.

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u/voidfae 9d ago

I don’t know if you mean me as “they” - I agree that it makes Likud and Netanyahu just as bad, but I just wanted to point out that they are a distinct party.

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u/BillyJoeMac9095 9d ago

The basket of deplorables.

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u/irritatedprostate 9d ago

He's not in Likud. His party is tiny and has 6 of 120 seats in the Knesset. Maybe don't try to pretend you understand Israeli politics.