The bloc that is supposed to cleanse the cesspool of Israeli politics is submitting to Netanyahu’s discourse dictates. How is it that the man who has inflicted so much damage on the country still sets the agenda for those who aspire to replace him?
In recent weeks, the right has mounted an unprecedented campaign of racial incitement against Israeli Arabs. True, we are swimming up to our waists in racism; it is the carbon-rich air we breathe. While we have long been accustomed to the hate politics that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies are pouring out like poison ahead of the election, the attacks emanating simultaneously from the Likud, Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit campaigns and their supporters in the settlements have crossed an ugly threshold.