Leading figures of the Israeli far-right have made striking statements in recent days. I firmly believe that if anyone other than an Israeli had made them, the scales of judgment would have been brought down immediately, and threats of doom and severe consequences would have followed. But it seems that what is forbidden to others is permissible for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, and those of their ilk.