countrys attorney general should worry about her job others seek control over judicial appointments and want to pass legislation that would allow parliament to overturn unfavorable court decisionsbengvir has said he would even press for legislation that would grant immunity and dismiss the charges against netanyahu who is accused of fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandalsif the rightwing bloc keeps its advantage in the final tally netanyahu will be able to form his dream government wrote matti tuchfeld a commentator in the conservative israel hayom newspaper most importantly perhaps none of the lawmakers will oppose any steps to change the justice system including steps relating to netanyahus trialwhile this could benefit netanyahu at home it could also cause some serious troubles for him on the international stagebengvir is a disciple of the racist rabbi meir kahane whose views against arabs were considered so repugnant he was banned from the knesset in the 1980s and whose kach party was branded a terrorist group by the us kahane was assassinated by an arab assailant in the us in 1990bengvir a lawyer who has spent his career defending jewish extremists accused of violence against palestinians has turned himself into one of israels most popular politicians thanks to his frequent media appearances cheerful demeanor and orchestrated stuntshe has branded arab lawmakers terrorists and called for their deportation and recently brandished a handgun in a tense palestinian neighborhood of jerusalem as he urged police to shoot palestinian stonethrowerstrying to capitalize on a recent spike in west bank violence he and his allies hope to grant immunity to israeli soldiers who shoot at palestinians and want to impose the death penalty on palestinians convicted of attacking jews bengvir has said he will seek the cabinet post putting him in charge of the national police forceduring the campaign he railed against lapid for allowing an arab party to be part of the outgoing government his campaign slogan referring to arabs called for showing israels enemies who owns the housewhile such views have endeared him to his religious and nationalist supporters they risk creating headaches for netanyahu who promotes himself as a global statesmanus president joe biden who has had a hotandcold relationship with netanyahu is a supporter of palestinian independence he is unlikely to take kindly to the combative bengvir and his colleagueslikewise american jews who tend to be politically liberal could also have a hard time backing a government in which bengvir plays a prominent roleat a meeting last week with american jewish leaders israels figurehead president isaac herzog asked the audience to respect each others democraciesjeremy benami president of j street a liberal proisrael group in washington called the results deeply troublingthe likely formation of an ultraright netanyahu government should force a moment of serious reckoning for all americans who care about the nature of the usisrael relationship he saidmichael oren a former israeli ambassador to the us said that if bengvir is allowed to push forward with