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Benjamin Netanyahu rides Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the ghost of Meir Kahane, back to power in Israel’s recent elections. (Cartoon: Carlos Latuff)

This week Israel held national elections for the fifth time in three years. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party was triumphant and will forming the next government with the help of the real winners of this latest round – the messianic, fascist Religious Zionist Party that electrified the electorate, and is terrifying Israel’s supporters in the United States.