ALBAWABA - The latest to hit at Benjamin Netanyahu and his hardline right-wing Cabinet is Ehud Barak, a former Israeli prime minister from the Labor Party, who described the government as bearing the "signs of fascism."
"I am confident that there will be an uprising against the Netanyahu administration, which will be remembered in history as a government of darkness."
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Ehud Barak, Former Israeli Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/D6yIZxJi8F
Barak said Netanyahu's government, which took office last week, is made up of racists, religious fanatics and rightwing extremists and bears the "signs of fascism".
The same Ehud Barak, who co-founded a cyber firm that sells sophisticated untraceable hacking tools for authoritarian governments, is worried about #fascism#Israel https://t.co/bPr156IqIk
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The Times of Israel carried Barak's comments on Netanyahu, whom Barak beat in elections in 1999, but subsequently served under him as defense minister.
Ehud Barak: Gov’t shows ‘signs of fascism’; mass ‘non-violent revolt’ may be needed https://t.co/7HULYH6WcJ
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) December 30, 2022
"This government is carrying out a coup in Israel before our eyes, with its racism, corruption, neutering of the justice system, politicization of the police and undermining of the chain of command in the IDF," Barak said. The IDF stands for the Israeli Defense Forces.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: New Israeli government shows ‘signs of fascism’ and includes ‘racist messianics’; mass ‘non-violent revolt’ may be needed https://t.co/MJNcQHnuIl via @timesofisrael
— Shibley Telhami (@ShibleyTelhami) December 31, 2022
“Those seeking to extract themselves from criminal trials have joined forces with racist messianics, who distort Judaism, Zionism and humanity,” he charged in an apparent reference to Netanyahu, who is on trial for graft offenses that he denies. “Together they are bringing down democracy,” he added.
