Q&A: The Ben Gvir Phenomenon?
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The Ben Gvir Phenomenon?
Question
Hello and blessings, Rabbi Michi,
How can one explain the Ben Gvir phenomenon—a party that wins significant levels of support when it does not even have a minimal platform? In fact, the party’s platform (if one exists) is sparse even in comparison to the Nazi party in its time (heaven forbid the comparison).
Answer
I am not a sociologist. But your description is not accurate. It does have a platform, even though I have not checked what exactly is written in it. The same is true of other parties as well. And the comparison to the Nazis (about whom, for some reason, you write there that their platform does exist) is simply demagogic.