Editing Benjamin Netanyahu (section)

=== Authoritarianism ===
In the years under Netanyahu's rule, Israel has been experiencing increasing [[authoritarianism]], [[democratic backsliding]], and corruption,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moskovich|first=Yaffa|year=2009|title=Authoritarian Management Style in the Likud Party Under the Leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu|journal=International Journal of Leadership Studies|volume=4|issue=2|pages=141–160|url=https://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/vol4iss2/IJLS_V4Is2_Moskovich.pdf}}</ref><ref name="court">{{cite web|date=27 March 2025|title=Israeli parliament passes law expanding political control of judicial appointments|work=France 24|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250327-israel-parliament-passes-judicial-reform-law-opposition-challenges|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327103906/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250327-israel-parliament-passes-judicial-reform-law-opposition-challenges|archive-date=27 March 2025|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="court2">{{cite web|last1=Eisen|first1=Norman|last2=Patel|first2=Mansi|last3=Smith|first3=Kai|date=10 April 2023|title=The corruption and autocracy nexus: The case of "King Bibi"|work=Brookings|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-corruption-and-autocracy-nexus-the-case-of-king-bibi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628192859/https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-corruption-and-autocracy-nexus-the-case-of-king-bibi/|archive-date=28 June 2023|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="weakens">{{cite web|last=Hirsch|first=Michal Ben-Josef|date=24 July 2024|title=As Hamas war drags on, Israeli democracy weakens further|work=The Conversation|url=https://theconversation.com/as-hamas-war-drags-on-israeli-democracy-weakens-further-234339|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724124122/https://theconversation.com/as-hamas-war-drags-on-israeli-democracy-weakens-further-234339|archive-date=24 July 2024|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> in addition to [[expansionism]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Imbert|first=Louis|date=15 April 2025|title=Israel is pushing its dangerous expansionism on the Middle East|work=Le Monde|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/04/15/israel-is-imposing-its-dangerous-expansionism-on-the-middle-east_6740225_23.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421042909/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/04/15/israel-is-imposing-its-dangerous-expansionism-on-the-middle-east_6740225_23.html|archive-date=21 April 2025|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> During the Gaza War, Israel under Netanyahu had undergone censorship, such as with protests and news media.<ref>{{cite web|last=Young|first=Eve|date=4 April 2024|title=Israel Police censoring anti-war signs in protests, demonstrators say|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-795368|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404150927/https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-795368|archive-date=4 April 2024|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Sara|last2=Ravid|first2=Barak|date=1 April 2024|title=Netanyahu signals he will shutter local Al Jazeera bureau under new law|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/al-jazeera-shuttered-israel-netanyahu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408222018/https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/al-jazeera-shuttered-israel-netanyahu|archive-date=8 April 2024|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Matar|first=Haggai|date=20 May 2024|title=Israeli military censor bans highest number of articles in over a decade|url=https://www.972mag.com/israeli-military-censor-media-2023/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520153622/https://www.972mag.com/israeli-military-censor-media-2023/|archive-date=20 May 2024|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> Netanyahu's repeated attempts to revamp judicial systems have been accused of being efforts to elevate authoritarianism and protect the prime minister from corruption charges;<ref name="court"/><ref name="court2"/> he in turn accused the "leftist Deep state" of attempting to weaponize the justice system against him and the people of Israel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tharoor|first=Ishaan|date=21 March 2025|title=Under Trump, the authoritarian age comes into focus|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/21/trump-authoritarian-erdogan-netanyahu-orban/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321115905/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/21/trump-authoritarian-erdogan-netanyahu-orban/|archive-date=21 March 2025|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> He additionally has spoken populist statements regarding [[Anti-Arab racism]] involving narratives of conflict with Jews, in particular of [[Anti-Palestinianism]].<ref name="weakens"/> Netanyahu's administration in recent years has been tailored towards far-right politics and has been described as the most far-right government in Israeli history. He has also allied his nation with other illiberal, authoritarian leaders from Hungary, Russia, and the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Aron|first1=Hadas|last2=Holland|first2=Emily J.|year=2024|title=Illiberal Leaders in the International Arena: The Cases of Hungary and Israel|journal=The Journal of Illiberalism Studies|volume=4|number=2|pages=59–77|doi=10.53483/XCPW3576|doi-access=free}}</ref>