Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatical nationalism’ in Israel | Israeli battle in opposition to Gaza

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“We’re on the verge of a fascist dictatorship,” Knesset member Ofer Cassif tells Marc Lamont Hill.

Over the previous 5 months, Israel’s battle on Gaza has induced large destruction and greater than 30,000 deaths.

In January, the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague dominated that there was a believable threat that Israel would commit genocide.

Though the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice case was opposed by Israel’s political class, there have been additionally those that expressed their assist. Israeli MP Ofer Cassif is an outspoken supporter of ICJ proceedings – a place that resulted final week in a failed try and expel him from Israel’s legislature, the Knesset.

So what’s the price of dissent in Israel within the present local weather?

This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks with Cassif in regards to the present political local weather in Israel and highlights the push inside Israel to silence dissent.

Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatical nationalism’ in Israel | Israeli battle in opposition to Gaza

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