#56: Kahane, Ben-Gvir, and the Religious Right

September 14, 2022 00:37:35
#56: Kahane, Ben-Gvir, and the Religious Right
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#56: Kahane, Ben-Gvir, and the Religious Right

Sep 14 2022 | 00:37:35

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Show Notes

With Israeli elections less than two months away, polls are showing that the Religious Zionist party, a coalition of religious ultra-nationalists and followers of the late, racist Rabbi Meir Kahane, could win as many as 13 seats, making it an indomitable political force. After a summer hiatus, For Heaven's Sake is back with Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain to ask about the causes of this unprecedented rise in religious fanaticism in Israel?

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