Far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich and lawmaker Tzvi Succot preach war and expulsion despite refusing meaningful military service themselves, while their messianic vision for the West Bank threatens to drag Israel toward catastropheNehemia Shtraslerand Nechemia Shtrasler
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