Sami Abu Shehadeh

Sami Abu Shehadeh is the chair of the Balad party and a Member of the Knesset with the Joint List.

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Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem, March 1, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Netanyahu is embracing fascists — and the world is tolerating them
Itamar Ben-Gvir is not an outlier in Israeli politics; he is part of a far-right alliance that the international community has been normalizing for years.
By Sami Abu Shehadeh March 4, 2021
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