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Ali Harb

Israel’s US backers face ‘moment of reckoning’ as far right rises

Itamar Ben-Gvir's far-right party is set to become a major player in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition [Corinna Kern/Reuters]

Washington, DC – He has called for expelling “disloyal” citizens of Israel, idolised a mass shooter responsible for a deadly assault on a Hebron mosque in 1994, and called for loosening rules of engagement to make it easier for Israeli forces to shoot Palestinians.

Itamar Ben-Gvir is poised to take up a prominent post in the next Israeli government after this week’s elections saw his far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party emerge with record support.

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