Israel Will Now Be Ruled by the Most Extreme Right-Wing Government in Its History

‘Although Israel’s elections took place back in March, the various parties have been at each other’s throats over actually cobbling together a coalition that could run the country. Wednesday night, Netanyahu was finally able to put together enough coalition partners to meet the threshold to form a government.

The result is an Israeli government that is perhaps the most extreme in Israel’s history. While Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party retains control of the Prime Minister’s office, various parties even further to the right grabbed other key positions, guaranteeing that the country at least continues if not escalates its rejectionism with the Palestinians and the Iranian nuclear deal.’

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