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Politics
Jessica Corbett

Alarm as Netanyahu moves further right

Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives for meeting on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, January 27, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

People around the world have expressed concerns about Israelis empowering indicted former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the nation's most far-right government in history since Israel held its fifth election in less than four years on Tuesday.

"If you are shocked and horrified by this growing, emboldened Israeli fascist movement, ask yourself how you'll commit to opposing Jewish supremacist ideology, policies, and institutions in days and years ahead," Simone Zimmerman, co-founder of the American Jewish group IfNotNow, tweeted late Wednesday. "Fighting fascism, authoritarianism, and racism everywhere is our only hope."

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