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This week, Israel swore in a new Parliament, paving the way back to power for former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as he is on trial for corruption. Now, the country is on the cusp of its most right-wing government in history.

Who and what forces are behind these events in Israeli politics?

Guest: Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• To win election, Mr. Netanyahu and his far-right allies harnessed perceived threats to Israel’s Jewish identity after ethnic unrest and the subsequent inclusion of Arab lawmakers in the government.
• The rise of the Israeli far right has stoked fear among some Palestinians of a surge of violence.

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This episode contains strong language.

After a nearly yearlong investigation, the congressional committee examining the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will begin holding televised hearings on Thursday.

One focus of the hearings will be the Proud Boys. The trajectory of that group, which grew out of a drinking club in New York City for men who felt put upon by liberal culture, has now led to charges of trying to overthrow the United States government.

Guest: Alan Feuer, a reporter covering courts and criminal justice for The New York Times. 

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Background reading: 

• A federal indictment has charged five members of the Proud Boys, including Enrique Tarrio, its former leader, with seditious conspiracy.
• How Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys founder, went from Brooklyn hipster to far-right provocateur.

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In Episode 83, Robert is joined by Jake Hanrahan to discuss Tommy Robinson.

Footnotes:

1. Tommy Robinson boasts about scoring drugs and proclaims himself 'king of whole Islam race', in newly emerged video

2. Tommy Robinson encouraged vigilante action, judges say

3. Finsbury Park attacker turned violent by far-right posts from Tommy Robinson and Britain First, police say

4. Tommy Robinson: The rancour, rhetoric and riches of brand Tommy

5. We’re told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. But where’s the evidence?

6. Rotherham abuse: report finds 1,400 children were victims

7. Number of child sexual abuse victims in Rotherham raised to 1,510

8. Book Review: Enemy of the State by Tommy Robinson

9. Pegida UK supporters stage anti-Islam silent march in Birmingham

10. Arrests after Yorkshire anti-racism gig stormed

11. Attacks on Muslims: numbers in detail

12. EDL leader Stephen Lennon convicted of assault

13. EDL Leader Stephen Lennon, AKA Tommy Robinson, Jailed For 10 Months For False Passport

14. EDL founder Stephen Lennon guilty over football brawl

15. Eyewitness: EDL return to Luton

16. The EDL: Britain’s ‘New Far Right’ social movement

17. The BNP past of the EDL leader

18. Man held for 1995 murder

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