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Anti-Trump Republicans Take Aim at Netanyahu
Founders of the Lincoln Project are helping Gideon Saar make the case that the prime minister has trampled Likud Party values.
One down, one to go?
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As Israelis head for the polls for the fourth time in two years, the political battles emerging are in surprising ways a continuation of those that just ended in the U.S.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who earned a degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and speaks a mellifluous English, understands American politics intimately. While he knew how toxic President Donald Trump had become in the U.S., he was both fearful of crossing the president and anxious to use Trump’s time in office to advance Israel’s interests.