Netanyahu Unleashes Populist Fury Against Prosecutors

[applegrove]

Netanyahu Unleashes Populist Fury Against Prosecutors

November 27, 2019 at 3:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 80 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/27/netanyahu-unleashes-populist-fury-against-prosecutors/

"SNIP.....

Washington Post:: “The divisions were on display Tuesday night at a raucous pro-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv. Angry supporters reportedly chanted ‘Die Leftist’ and ‘Arrest the Investigators’ and carried signs reading ‘Cops — Or Criminals?’ Speakers railed against the attorney general and prosecutors — who have been given security details in recent days — parroting the prime minister’s portrayal of the indictments as a ‘coup’ attempt by an unaccountable deep state and a biased media. One protester attempted to grab the microphone of an on-air journalist as another spat on him.”

“But, following a day of speculation about his plans, Netanyahu failed to make an appearance at the gathering as discomfort over his scorched-earth response to the indictments grew.”

.....SNIP"

[applegrove]

1. One of the authoritarians pushes the boundaries in a democracy somewhere and the others

start developing those tendancies elsewhere in the world. Really, Israel's first line of defence intellectually is that they are a democracy (ignoring occupied territories). Things like this will change that argument.

[Mike 03]

2. It's almost like they give cover to each other.

Boris Johnson and Bolsonaro indirectly invoke Trump. Trump mentions Duterte or Bolsonaro approvingly in a speech. They never say, "Look, I'm only doing what they're doing over there." There's an implicit understanding that this is somehow acceptable. And in a strange way it echoes Mulvaney's "We do it all the time. Get over it" attitude. It's not being stopped, so it continues.

[applegrove]

3. Well it is being stopped in the US. At least they are impeaching the lawlessness.

[Mike 03]

5. It's a good start. But there are all sorts of things to be worried about.

The Senate is unlikely to remove Trump, and the populists aren't going anywhere, at least anytime soon.

[moondust]

7. "Fake News"

Two days ago: China's UK ambassador: Uighur camps leak is 'fake news'

2018: Netanyahu dubs all major Israeli media outlets 'Fake News'

I wonder where they got that idea?

[spanone]

4. Bibi called it a 'witch hunt' and a 'coup'.....gee I wonder where he got that?

[dchill]

6. Trumpolini.