'Netanyahu has descended into new depths of demagoguery' via PostOpinions
By Editorial Board April 8 at 4:13 PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU has a long history of leveraging bigotry and divisiveness for electoral advantage. But as he has pursued his fifth term as Israeli prime minister against stiff competition, and faced the possibility of criminal prosecution if he falls short, Mr. Netanyahu has plumbed new depths of demagoguery. He declared that Israel is not a nation-state of all its citizens, “but only of the Jewish people.
Some Israeli commentators dismissed the declaration as election-eve bluster, pointing out that Mr. Netanyahu had blocked annexation legislation by members of his own coalition as recently as last year. Yet the possibility that the veteran prime minister will act on his pledge if he is reelected appears very real. To remain in office, he most likely will have to form a coalition encompassing far-right parties, including one his own Likud movement shunned as racist until this campaign.
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