“One government minister told me recently that the Arabs in Israel usually behave as an exemplary minority, certainly considering the ongoing conflict, and that most of them truly aspire to become part of Israeli society. But that cannot be said publicly, he told me, because in Israel such a statement costs you two or three Knesset seats.”
--Haaretz+ commentator, Ravit Hecht, writes that there is only a “thin veneer that still masks the racist regime in Israel,” where the right-wing government passes the Nation-State Law, right-wing politicians incite against Arabs, the court approves the seizure of privately-owned Palestinian land to give to settlers, and where many support the convicted ex-soldier Elor Azaria, from a “deep-seated fundamental belief that a Palestinian who did wrong should be killed on the spot, like a stray dog.”

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You Must Be Kidding: 
A pro-Kahane Israeli group is raising funds in the US with tax-exempt status, even though the Kahane-related organizations, Kach and Kahane Chai, are listed as terror organizations.

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