The Israeli Left Shoots Itself in the Foot by Demonizing Benjamin Netanyahu
He’s done nothing anti-democratic—and he’s curbed the growth of settlements.
January 25, 2019
The Israeli Left Shoots Itself in the Foot by Demonizing Benjamin Netanyahu
He’s done nothing anti-democratic—and he’s curbed the growth of settlements.
For years, leftists in Israel—from moderates like the Hatnuah-party leader Tzipi Livni to post-Zionists writing for the newspaper Haaretz—have painted Prime Minister Netanyahu as a dangerous threat to democracy and an enthusiastic builder of settlements. Not only are these claims false, argues Evelyn Gordon, but they have done Netanyahu’s political opponents no favors:
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