In Israel, the Star of David is fast becoming the equivalent of the Swastika

Itamar Ben Gvir is thriving off a national discourse that allows him to accomplish what his predecessors could not: bringing Kahanism to the mainstream.

There will be no victories against Itamar Ben Gvir. Politics is about making coalitions and isolating rivals, and the right has been skillful in putting aside its public ideological conflicts in order to organize and take over power. The left, with all its fragmentation and purism, is abetting its own isolation.

Amid this setting, Ben Gvir and his allies have stormed through the door opened by Netanyahu, and they are here to stay. Ben Gvir is now a symptom that has turned into a cause: as Palestinian citizens rise up to assert their rights, more Jewish-Israelis are turning to candidates who promise to further shrink the country’s democratic space and champion the fight against shared living. In some twisted way, Kahane — who predicted this choice would come — was right.

Source: Kahanism’s triumphant makeover