Israeli PM sheds statesmanlike persona as scandals mount

[Judi Lynn]

Aron Heller, Associated Press
 Updated 12:14 pm, Monday, September 4, 2017

JERUSALEM (AP) — With a slew of corruption scandals closing in on him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dropping what remains of his statesmanlike persona in favor of an angry nationalism that's popular with his base.

Casting himself as an innocent outsider, the long-serving prime minister blames Israel's old guard "elites" for the array of inquiries into his financial conduct. He has been lashing out against the media and an all-powerful "left wing" for supposedly conducting a witch-hunt against him, while associates have taken to sniping at the court system and police as well.

 
Recent days' headlines have been dominated by arrests of Netanyahu confidants, a court ruling forcing him to reveal phone records, leaks from inside the investigation and indications that his wife Sara will be indicted for fraud.

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Last week he visited a West Bank settlement and vowed never to evacuate any settlements on occupied land — his latest indication of backing off from a past pledge to pursue a two-state solution to the long conflict with the Palestinians. "We have returned here for eternity," he said. At his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu pledged new roads and other infrastructure projects for the settlements.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Israeli-PM-sheds-statesmanlike-persona-as-12171866.php

[Autumn]

1. Hey, that sounds like Don Trump. Except Trump never had a persona

he's always been an ass.

[Me.]

2. Pot Calling Kettle.....Elite

[Scurrilous]

3. Bibi? Statesman?

[BigmanPigman]

4. Perhaps this is what he was discussing with Jared two weeks ago...

how to avoid corruption scandals and change the narrative in three easy lessons. Maybe they were also working on the future movie deal to pay for their combined legal fees.