Inadvertent, indirect, bitterly ironic consequences of Hamas’ Oct 7 assault: Assad’s fall, Israel's demolition derby in Syria – & rehabilitation in the polls for the party of Defendant Netanyahu, as he testifies in his criminal trial | My oped
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Netanyahu will soon be Israel's first ever serving prime minister to take the witness stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. Here is everything you need to know about this inglorious milestone in Israeli history | Yael Freidson @haaretzcom.bsky.social
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A match made in hell: Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders and his unsavory Israeli friends
Wilders' West Bank tour today was conducted by the same settler leader whom the Dutch parliament just called to sanction | Rachel Fink
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@dahliasc.bsky.social Tomorrow Netanyahu marks another inglorious milestone: the 1st Israeli PM to testify as a defendant in a criminal trial. He claims there's a 'deep state' witch hunt to topple his right-wing rule. But the problem with his claim is it's a big lie
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@istanbultelaviv.bsky.social Turkey to Tehran via Tel Aviv: A new Mideast political geography is emerging after the collapse of Syria's Assad regime. Once-major players like Russia and Iran took body blows. But the big winners have serious issues to wrestle with too
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@sherenfa.bsky.social 'If my Syrian grandfather were alive, he would be celebrating Assad's downfall. But he is not here. The one thing I want to do is to buy flowers, to visit his grave and tell him, 'Grandpa, Damascus is free. We won''
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Despite their differing circumstances, there are similarities in the authoritarian 'wave' threatening Israel, South Korea and Georgia - and together with the imminent Trump presidency, they could accelerate Israel's democratic collapse @dahliasc.bsky.social
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@dahliasc.bsky.social There's no excuse for Israelis not knowing what's happening in Gaza
You won’t see the death & destruction in Gaza on Israeli TV. But a conformist media isn't the only reason for the dearth of coverage. The Israeli public has also made a choice
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