Although, it’s been quite clear for a long time who is running the country, the past days have emphasized it to the extreme.

The first phone call I received yesterday morning was a robocall by the most vile criminal in this government, Itamar Ben Gvir (with all the criminals in this government, it’s sometimes hard to classify the lowest one). This convicted criminal continues his criminal activity as a senior cabinet member in much the same way as he did when he was arrested, put on trial and convicted.

In 2007, he was convicted of incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization. That terror organization was Kahana’s racist Kach party which was declared illegal by the Knesset and the organization was declared illegal. Ben Gvir’s political party, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), is the reincarnation of Kach. At a very different time when more politicians cared more about their country than their own personal and political interests, this racist reincarnation would have been declared illegal as well. In its stead, Netanyahu elevated the convicted criminal and his criminal party because he cares most about being Prime Minister and everything else be damned.

The call yesterday started with Ben Gvir saying “We promised, we accomplished…” I didn’t need to hear anymore because it was clear that the call was his boastful self-congratulations on passing the death to terrorists bill in the Knesset. In the past, Netanyahu would not have shown up for the vote, essentially abstaining by absence, but two nights ago, he made a showing in his attendance and voted for the bill. The fact that it was known that he would do this also brought in the Haredi party Degel Hatorah to vote in favor, even though they had planned to vote against it originally.

The other criminal senior cabinet minister is Smotrich, the minister of the Treasury and Minister in the Defense Ministry in charge of the territories of the West Bank. He is the primary force in this extremist government pushing for the colonialist plan of a Greater Israel, which in their dreams includes all of the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Both Smotrich and Ben Gvir have been pushing for the annexation of Gaza with the expulsion of all Palestinians to be followed by the same in the West Bank. Any method of expulsion is acceptable to them and that includes the Jewish Settler Terrorism against Palestinians: stealing and killing livestock, uprooting of olive trees, arson of homes, cars, factories, land stealing, forcing Palestinians from their homes, and killing.

Smotrich is again pushing for the annexation of Southern Lebanon. Paving the way for his dream are the statements by Netanyahu’s puppet, the Defense Minister Katz, who has declared that the IDF is pushing north in Lebanon, at first up to the Litani River and now he has made it clear that they will be going beyond.

Each day, the plan for Lebanon changes. A few........

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