Messiah Mode

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Journalist David Sheen reports reveals how Netanyahu's inclusion of far-right Jewish Power in the coalition marks a dangerous shift towards realizing Rabbi Meir Kahane's ethnocentric dreams.

After Israeli voters made it the third largest party in the Knesset in November 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu brought the far-right Jewish Power into his governing coalition. Its leader, Itamar Ben-Gvir,was made National Security Minister, giving him control of the Israeli police. Decades after the death of arch-racist American-Israeli Rabbi Meir Kahane, his messianic followers now occupy a powerful position from which to realize his dreams of ethnically cleansing Israel and the Occupied Territories, transforming them into a Jewish theocracy.

A widely recognized investigative reporter and resident of Haifa, David Sheen reports from on-the-ground inside Israel on how the country has been dragged so far to the right that a terrorist movement responsible for inciting race riots and inspiring dozens of lone-gun murders is now an ascendant force in government. This book, of vital relevance to todays relentless Israeli assault on Gaza, looks at a frightening and still-deepening turn of events.

Author Bio

David Sheen, the author of Kahanism and American Politics, writes for a wide range of publications, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada. He has given lectures at parliaments across Europe and at dozens of colleges in the US and Canada based on reporting that has been commended by human rights groups and journalist unions around the world.