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Watch Jon Stewart Slam Israel’s Leader for Stealing America’s Racist Political Tactics

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Jon Stewart has a few choice words for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “How dare you?”

On The Daily Show Wednesday night, Stewart attacked Netanyahu, whose party won a bitter election this week, for anti-Arab rhetoric in the closing days of the campaign.

“How dare you gin up racist fears of minority turnout for short-term political gain?” Stewart said of Netanyahu’s warning that Israeli-Arabs would show up to the ballot box to vote against him. “That’s our thing! You know what? Now you’ve got a copyright infringement suit on your hands, pal!”

Watch the full clip below.

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