Ehud Barak: Gov’t shows ‘signs of fascism’; mass ‘non-violent revolt’ may be neededReferencing Netanyahu, former PM says those currently on criminal trial have joined forces with ‘racist messianics’ to ‘bring down democracy’ in IsraelFormer prime minister Ehud Barak on Friday accused the new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu of working to bring down Israeli democracy and said it bore “the signs of fascism.”Speaking at a memorial ceremony for his successor as IDF chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, who died in 2012, Barak said that if the High Court of Justice proves unable to defend Israel and its democracy from the hard-right coalition, Israel’s citizens will have to stage “a non-violent revolt” to bring it down.“This government is carrying out a coup in Israel before our eyes, with its racism, corruption, neutering of the justice system, politicization of the police and undermining of the chain of command in the IDF,” said Barak.“Together they are bringing down democracy.”Barak spoke after President Isaac Herzog, at the same event, urged Israelis not to conclude that the country was doomed and to show more faith in the resilience of Israeli democracy.Barak was far more critical of the coalition, a grouping of Netanyahu’s Likud, two ultra-Orthodox parties and three far-right parties, all of which have declared plans to drastically curb the capacity of the High Court to serve as a brake on government decisions and Knesset legislation.Non-binding coalition deals also provide for legislation that would enable discrimination against the LGBTQ community and other Israelis on grounds of “religious belief,” and for annexation of the West Bank without full rights for Palestinians."