On January 24, 2023, Dan Diker spoke at the Jerusalem Post Democracy Forum on “The Battle for Israel in the Public Sphere,” in a discussion with Talia Sasson, former head of the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s Office and past president of the New Israel Fund.

Dan Diker:

When we Israelis refer to ourselves as having fascist government ministers, we are treading on very dangerous ground. When we use the language of Israel’s harshest enemies from the Iranian regime – Hizbullah, Hamas and the PA, which have accused Israel of being fascist – we are engaging in self-annihilation. In political warfare that has been foisted on Israel for decades, words are weapons and Israel must not become the “weapons supplier” of its enemies.