authoritarianism

Shimon Peres seen with Nicolae Ceaușescu during a visit to Bucharest, in 1985. (Moshe Milner/GPO)
Israel embraced Romanian dictator’s support — knowing he was anti-Semitic
Nicolae Ceausescu believed in racist conspiracy theories about Jewish power and extorted Romania's Jews. That didn't stop Israel from keeping warm relations with his regime.
By Eitay Mack December 3, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 30, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Behind Netanyahu’s scorched earth campaign against Israel’s media
Just one week out from the second national elections in six months, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s relationship with the Israeli media seems to be at an all-time low. But are his ferocious attacks on the press all they seem? In the final stretches of Israel’s second election campaign in six months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tried-and-tested tactic…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland September 9, 2019
Dareen Tatour speaks with her attorney, Gaby Lasky, outside the Haifa courtroom where her trial was taking place. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
+972’s Story of the Year: The trial of Dareen Tatour
The surreal arrest and trial of a Palestinian poet symbolizes a crackdown on free speech, surveillance on social media, and rising authoritarian trends in Israel. +972’s Story of the Year for 2017. By +972 Magazine For the past year and half, a strange and disturbing drama has been playing out in a Haifa courtroom. In…
By +972 Magazine December 31, 2017
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