Published: 28 August 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu and the politics of grievance (Brookings)
A leader who portrays himself as one of the persecuted, the target of an incessant witch-hunt by the so-called deep state. A liberal media intent on revisiting an election gone badly. And a left-wing political machine supposedly out to get him. This leader, of course, is Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (Aug 22)
Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s Donald Trump (Washington Post)
His former top aides have said that he is unfit for office. He is surrounded by a swirl of scandal. His family is not helping matters, with crazy statements that are intended to be supportive but just make matters worse. He is dependent on the far right and is so politically vulnerable that he is making decisions that put his entire country at risk. He has targeted groups on the basis of religion and background, which could lead to great unrest. You look at his record and you start wondering if he is drawn to the extremists because he really is one.
In any event, he has brought his country’s democracy to a moment of crisis — one that has profound international ramifications.
The “he” I am referring to is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Donald Trump (Aug 25)
Photo: Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu embraces MK David Bitan at a Likud rally, August 9, 2017 (Ofer Vaknin)
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