Israel's Netanyahu defends partnership with far-right party

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Israeli prime minister is defending his partnership with a small ultranationalist party despite local and international condemnation.
Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday took to Twitter and called the criticism, which also came from pro-Israel Jewish organizations in the US, as “hypocrisy and double standards.”

Netanyahu is seeking a fourth straight term as premier in Israel’s April election.

Earlier this week, his Likud party formed a partnership with a smaller merged party that includes members of the ‘Jewish Power’ movement. Jewish Power embraces ideas of late rabbi Meir Kahane, who wanted a Jewish theocracy and advocated forced removal of Palestinians.

In 1997, Washington classified his Kach movement a terrorist group.

https://www.apnews.com/cc3ef0e2b5d8471fb55dcdbb917a099e

[Kurt V.]

1. with the formulation of the new opposition coalition, hopefully they can vote him out.

[leftieNanner]

2. Maybe if they indict Bibi

at the same time as we indict Donnie, they can share a cell.

Oooh, Bibi and Donnie. How Cute!