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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in the Knesset, April 5, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
Netanyahu looks like a bully, but he doesn’t care
Any blowback Netanyahu receives after snubbing the German foreign minister will be short-lived: his base is behind him, he has the patronage of the U.S., and the status quo will remain exactly as it is. This week Netanyahu gave the world another lesson in how authoritarianism disguised as democracy works. Upon learning that the visiting German…
By Lisa Goldman April 25, 2017
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel prior to his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, April 25, 2017. (Yonathan Sindel/Flash90)
Germany’s foreign minister calls Netanyahu’s bluff — and rightly so
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will learn far more from his meetings with B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence. Given an ultimatum of meeting with Breaking the Silence and B’Tselem or meeting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel very simply made the right choice to forego Netanyahu. And not in order to “defy”…
By Dahlia Scheindlin April 25, 2017
Prime Minister Netanyahu making a recorded public address. (YouTube) screenshot)
By nixing German FM meet, Netanyahu ups Israel’s tyranny a notch
While Netanyahu’s move appears to be extreme, it actually fits coherently with his government’s orchestrated campaign against Israeli human rights organizations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled his meeting on Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel just one hour before it was slated to begin, after the latter refused to cancel scheduled meetings with anti-occupation organizations B’Tselem and…
By Mairav Zonszein April 25, 2017
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