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Netanyahu's early elections: who will dethrone ‘The King of Israel’?
Even now, rocked by a massive corruption scandal and the surprise success of the Palestinian resistance to Israeli attacks on Gaza, Netanyahu may cling to power, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Westminster has been forced to pay out millions over a fire started by a soldier in 2021, opening a new chapter in accountability, writes NICHOLAS KOMU
Following a fratricidal period for the left with Morales and Arce at loggerheads, right-wing, anti-MAS candidates obtained over 85 per cent of the votes cast in the latest general election, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
The US could imminently return to the Wild West days of widespread and sometimes violent corporate repression of workers, says MARK GRUENBERG
Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, against the war of extermination of Gaza, reports AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN
From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR
“A historic mistake” is how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to calls for early elections last November.
A few weeks later, he spoke in exaggerated confidence of the “unanimous” agreement of his right-wing coalition that early elections must be held next April.
So why the change of heart?
Netanyahu may not be a good leader, but he is certainly a cunning politician. The fact that he is gearing up for a fifth term at the helm of Israel’s fractious political scene speaks volumes of his ability to survive against many odds.
But it is not all about Netanyahu and his clever ways. Israeli politics are truly dismal. The left, if it ever earned such a title, is marginal, if not entirely irrelevant.
The centre lacks any real political identity or decipherable discourse concerning, for example, foreign policy or true vision for peace and coexistence.
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