The victory of Israel’s far right in the country’s general elections held in March this year, reflects a stunning endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard line stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu has ruled out a conciliatory, two-state solution to the conflict that Israel had supported for almost two decades. Supported by the UN and the international community, the two-state solution lies at the heart of the Middle East Peace Process. And Netanyahu has virtually confirmed its demise by appointing Ayelet Shaked, a founding member of the far-right Jewish Home Party. As Israel’s Justice Minister, Shaked, gained notoriety last year for posting an article on her Facebook page that virtually called for the extermination of the Palestinian people, the “destruction of Palestinian homes … otherwise more little snakes will be raised here”.
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