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Israel’s Far-Right Kingmakers Draw on U.S. Funding — Despite Terror Classifications

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Even as some in D.C. have expressed concern about the figures in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, little is done about the tax-exempt U.S. supporters of Israel’s far right.

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