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Ben Gavir - The New Alliance of Far-Right Parties
Ben Gavir came from the radical periphery into Israeli politics. But his party was tiny and didn't really carry much weight. A few things happened at the beginning of last year that changed all of that. Ben Gavir as part of this new alliance of far-right parties was elected finally to parliament in March 2021. Suddenly he was a lawmaker and not only a lawmaker, but a lawmaker with effectively a kosher certificate from the sitting prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He uses that platform to take advantage of a second pivotal shift that occurs about a month and a half after he was elected to parliament. The tensions boiling over in Jerusalem after more than a week of nightly clashes.