Israel's Rightward Lurch Scares Some Conservatives

On the table was a bill proposed by Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Is Our Home), the right-wing party headed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The measure called for stripping the citizenship of any Israeli convicted of espionage, but the only Israelis under discussion were the country's Arab minority. The move follows a loyalty oath that Lieberman would make a condition for acquiring citizenship; calls for bans on Jews from renting property to Arabs; and street demonstrations demanding prohibitions on dating between Arab boys and Jewish girls.

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They are also appointing panels to "investigate" ANY organization that is critical of Israels government

Even the son of former PM Menachim Begin was quoted s saying "This decision sends a warning signal — here is darkness."

This quote from time was telling:

Taking a page from neighboring authoritarian states, Netanyahu encouraged support for the law
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If this trend continues one might need a program card to spot ANY difference between the governments of Israel, Iran, Syria, etc.

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.
Dwight D. Eisenhower