At my high school in Jerusalem in the early 2010s, hearing chants of "death to Arabs" in Hebrew – whether in the back of the bus or on the sports field – was not at all unusual.
On Monday evening, Israel's democratically elected government voted to codify this chant into law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came in person to the Knesset to cast his vote for the "Death Penalty for Terrorists" bill, which mandates the execution of Palestinians charged with lethal terrorism while keeping alive Jews charged with the same acts. It was led by the party of Netanyahu's Jewish supremacist ally, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
After the vote, the triumphant minister opened champagne, vowing, "We will put them to death one by one."