• lennybird@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      This shouldn’t surprise anyone, sadly. In a way there are many parallels with Bibi, and Trump & Putin for different reasons.

      For Trump’s case, Bibi has been facing corruption trials and his freedom is at least partially contingent on remaining prime minister and possibly revamping the entire justice system so as to avoid conviction.

      For Putin, we’re looking at similarities in terms of exploiting crises for power consolidation (see the apartment bombings), and just the sheer amount of time a person has clung to power, both over 2 decades, surving several American presidents. All exploit right-wing nationalism.

      Let’s not Netanyahu’s stochastic remarks essentially led to the previous Israeli prime minister’s assassination (because he was pursuing a 2 state solution in earnest).