Don’t Normalize Israel's Extremist Government, or Its American Apologists
By Hadar Susskind
Jan 4, 2023
Over the coming weeks and months, the newly formed Israeli governing coalition and its U.S. allies will try to
normalize the most hardline right-wing government in Israel’s history.
You will hear calls for a grace period, read articles and interviews in the international media designed to put
lipstick on this disastrous government, such as Bezalel Smotrich’s laughable
article in the
Wall Street Journal.
American Jewish community leaders will grudgingly state that “the people of Israel have spoken” and praise Israel
for being “the only democracy in the Middle East.” They will smile broadly at photo ops after meeting with Israeli
government members in either Jerusalem or New York. They will strive to open reluctant doors in Washington for
Netanyahu and his problematic political partners, desperately attempting to argue that they are not as bad as they
may seem.