Analysis: 'Israelis in fear and denial as society slides towards fascism'

In his latest analysis piece for Middle East Eye, Israeli journalist Meron Rapoport writes that Palestinian academics and doctors, as well as dissenting Jewish Israelis, have been caught up in an escalating wave of repression. 

He writes: "There are times I seriously wonder what country I am living in. More importantly, I wonder what sort of country it could become the day after this terrible war ends.

On Monday, I logged into a Zoom meeting of the High Follow Up Committee for the Arab Citizens of Israel, an organisation representing Palestinian citizens, which includes politicians, academics, and activists among its members.

Was this an act of treason? It might have been.

By Thursday Mohammed Baraka, the head of the committee and a former leader of the leftist Hadash party, who served as a member of the Knesset for 16 years, had been arrested.

Two more senior political figures, Sami Abu Shehadeh, the leader of the Balad party and a former member of Balad MK, and Haneen Zoabi, another former member, were also arrested."

You can read the full piece below. 

Analysis: Israelis in fear and denial as society slides towards fascism