Sorry for not replying earlier but I followed your example and decided to stay away from MEMO. The pundits writing for it are marginal.
Erdogan continues to bluster but there seems to be little follow through. He may be a paper tiger. I think you’re right that he should be afraid that support that the Kurds would be next.
I agree that Netanyahu should not have taken in Kahanists to stay in power. Netanyahu has always had an ability to outmaneuver opposition within his coalitions by marginalizing it and he’s been relatively successful at that, which is likely his thinking here. The best example is when he gave Lapid the Finance ministry as a quid quo pro for joining the previous coalition in spite of Lapids lack of qualifications but made Bennet his deputy. Bennet, who does have ability ran the show quite competently. Neither Gvir nor Smotrich have had any influence on the war cabinet. A centrist coalition would have been better but the centre has had an anyone but Netanyahu attitude.
As for the “loopy” Christian fundamentalists, most understand that should Armageddon come about they would not be among the 144,000 who would be “saved” – the odds are against it. They aren’t with the except of Hagee most aren’t that loopy. I also don’t agree that his party’s currently shelved judicial reform package is an attack on democracy. Not one democracy is proposing to reshape their nomination procedure to match what Israel currently has. Quite the opposite. The reforms would make Israel more like the US and UK .