Israel lurches further right
Eric Ruder explains the frightening outcome of Israel's February 10 elections.

THE OUTCOME of Israel's February 10 elections represents a further move to the right, with the next government almost certain to be headed by the Likud Party's Benjamin Netanyahu, who distinguished himself in the week before the election by criticizing the current government for not going far enough in its 22-day massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. Even more alarming, it appears that Netanyahu's ability to form a government will depend on the inclusion of proto-fascist Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party.

Lieberman has called for the 1.5 million Palestinians living in Israel to take an oath of loyalty to the Jewish state or be stripped of their citizenship. And in the wake of Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon, Lieberman called for the execution of Arab members of Israel's Knesset (parliament) who had met with "enemies of Israel," such as Hezbollah in Lebanon or the Palestinian Hamas organization.

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