, “King of Israel”. Binyamin Netanyahu is Israel’s most gifted politician in a generation. He is his country’s second-longest-serving prime minister and, if he wins his fifth election on April 9th, may beat the record of the country’s founding father, David Ben Gurion.
Little Israel commands attention because it has a big history: biblical romance and technological talent; the slaughter of the Holocaust and military prowess; energetic democracy and the long occupation of land claimed and inhabited by Palestinians. That said, Mr Netanyahu is a big figure in his own right . He is more intelligent and capable than many populists, and can claim plenty of successes.
Such “anti-solutionism” risks storing trouble for the future. It increases the danger of war with Iran, or of its hardliners making a dash for nukes. The more Israel entrenches itself in the West Bank, the more its “temporary” military occupation looks like the permanent subjugation of Palestinians under a separate law, even apartheid. This is made worse by the absence of America’s restraining influence.
Mr Netanyahu and his friends denounce as backstabbers any Jews who stand in their way. The free press peddles fake news. Political opponents, even the generals who pack the new Blue and White opposition party, are in cahoots with the Arabs. Bibi has flirted with the conspiracy theory beloved of anti-Semites that George Soros, a Jewish billionaire, is plotting to undermine nationalist governments around the world.
LMAO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I guess the fine people of Israel don’t read the Economist. I think democracy will be just fine there without your input.🤣🤣🤣
When did the Economist become so opposed to democracy? Like so much elite 'liberalism'. Authoritarian.
The Rothschild mouthpiece jabbers nakedly 🙄
What stupid headline. No bias at all 🙄
Hands up who is sick of mainstream journalism.
Hasn't he been in power for 5 consecutive terms? Sounds like a dictatorship now....
Mass murdered
Quite like Modi in India.
Economist is so full of shit :)
Who owns ?
What a balanced take. The Economist is pure garbage.
'journalism'
Here is pure propaganda and FakeNews
Eat dirt, Econo-missed
Your unmitigated arrogance! It's breathtaking.
Get this bullshit out of here. What a disgustingly disingenuous article. Terrible.
Anything liberalism TOUCHES is dead......
This is the only man that can protect Israel from all terorrist looking to destroy them..
Choice: Elect another underminer like Trump
I thought he was the Prime Minister of the United States. Hmmm. Where'd I get that from? Duh.
.my hope, Benny.
They have a knack for picking the most hateful person, re-election it is
The israelis have no choice but to elect this killing machine..
The democracy is into safe hands of people of Israel. Netanyahu has made the country stronger and has the fire power to keep on going with the momentum.
If peace has any hope, he must go.
The Economist excels again in the disinformation business...
If only he could come rule my country. Netanyahu is a solid man any day, any time.
Kick him out and jail him for corruption...!!
Netanyahu is good...Hope he wins...Best wishes to him...
faizalhamssin Hang on, what's Israel? 🤷♂️ Never heard of them. Though I won't forget the Balfour Declaration, stinking Freemasons.
Erosion of institutions, like the supposed Press here in the USA? Do you REALLY think that the way the press has treated Trump is respectable? Or Salvini? And Netanyahu? OBVIOUSLY you don't like people who think protecting their nations is a priority. Why does that bother you?
Rebuild trust in democracy? You think Bernie is running there?
The leader of Israel has done well for his country internally and externally to the people who matter! The Economist doesn't matter! BreitbartNews BBCWorld HouseCracka
Every time The Economist targets a global leader before elections, they win with thumping majority!
You seem very unbiased from this post, said no one.
Bibi...
Your political partisanship can't stop Bibi from been relected.
Looking at all the alternatives Netanyahu comes across as the Mandela of the M.E
A parable of modern reaction. Israelis need a statesman-woman as leader not a bigot
Biased!
I have a feeling you don’t love netanyahu
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