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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: 'This is a hair-on-fire moment': Why Canadian Jewish leaders are worried about Israel’s new government
Description: This week, Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will announce the country’s cabinet ministers. It’s all but certain that this will comprise his coalition partners, including Bezalel Smotrich, an extreme right-wing politician who wants to take control of the entire West Bank and Gaza and opposes rights for LGBTQ people; Itamar Ben-Gvir, infamous for his anti-Arab political stances; and Aryeh Deri, who’s been convicted on separate counts of tax evasion and bribery—and spent almost two years in jail.
Netanyahu insists these men will have to walk back some of their more extreme plans. But one law th...