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Netanyahu Unleashes Populist Fury Against Prosecutors
November 27, 2019 at 3:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 80 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/27/netanyahu-unleashes-populist-fury-against-prosecutors/
"SNIP.....
Washington Post:: The divisions were on display Tuesday night at a raucous pro-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv. Angry supporters reportedly chanted Die Leftist and Arrest the Investigators and carried signs reading Cops Or Criminals? Speakers railed against the attorney general and prosecutors who have been given security details in recent days parroting the prime ministers portrayal of the indictments as a coup attempt by an unaccountable deep state and a biased media. One protester attempted to grab the microphone of an on-air journalist as another spat on him.
But, following a day of speculation about his plans, Netanyahu failed to make an appearance at the gathering as discomfort over his scorched-earth response to the indictments grew.
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applegrove
(118,642 posts)start developing those tendancies elsewhere in the world. Really, Israel's first line of defence intellectually is that they are a democracy (ignoring occupied territories). Things like this will change that argument.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Boris Johnson and Bolsonaro indirectly invoke Trump. Trump mentions Duterte or Bolsonaro approvingly in a speech. They never say, "Look, I'm only doing what they're doing over there." There's an implicit understanding that this is somehow acceptable. And in a strange way it echoes Mulvaney's "We do it all the time. Get over it" attitude. It's not being stopped, so it continues.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)The Senate is unlikely to remove Trump, and the populists aren't going anywhere, at least anytime soon.
moondust
(19,979 posts)Two days ago: China's UK ambassador: Uighur camps leak is 'fake news'
2018: Netanyahu dubs all major Israeli media outlets 'Fake News'
I wonder where they got that idea?