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orwell

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4. This was my first thought...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu May 20, 2021, 01:55 PM

May 2021

...when the fighting started. It happened right after Lapid was reported to be attempting to form a new government.

Netanyahu will do anything to stay in power and avoid a trial. Sound familiar?

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Unnamed Likud officials: Netanyahu drawing out Gaza conflict to stop Lapid forming gov't [View all] DonViejo May 2021 OP

So He's Killing People & Destroying Lives So He Can Stay In Power Me. May 2021 #1

Of course TheRealNorth May 2021 #2

And, like Trump, out of the consequences of the Deminpenn May 2021 #10

YEP WHITT May 2021 #3

This was my first thought... orwell May 2021 #4

I for one am shocked, I tell you shocked gibraltar72 May 2021 #5

Trump incited insurrection to overturn an election, Bibi tried to start a war. Lonestarblue May 2021 #6

This! Bibi also has legal troubles awaiting him IIRC and he has authoritarian tendencies as well. onetexan May 2021 #7

Looks like Bibi found Hamas to be a reliable ally in diverting from his internal political troubles. Beastly Boy May 2021 #8

I'm glad this came from ToI. This murerous little action has a wag the dog feel about it. marble falls May 2021 #9

Because of course he is... regnaD kciN May 2021 #11

Imagine that... roamer65 May 2021 #12

Don 't know if true or not (wouldn't surprise me). But why do they even keep Carlitos Brigante May 2021 #13