{"id":12423,"date":"2017-10-18T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=12423"},"modified":"2017-10-18T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:35:37","slug":"its-an-echo-now-isnt-it-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/10\/18\/its-an-echo-now-isnt-it-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s An Echo, Now Isn\u2019t It?, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing this theme<\/a>, the idea of Trump as a role model makes me absolutely ill, and so I feel very sorry for the citizens of Israel<\/em>. Ben Caspit on\u00a0AL Monitor\u00a0<\/b><\/i>has the\u00a0comparison<\/a>. Keeping in mind that Mandelblit is the Israeli Attorney General, and was put in that position by Netanyahu with the expectation that Mandelblit would be a lapdog. Instead, Mandelblit is investigating Netanyahu for corruption:<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s strategy was copied from that of US President Donald Trump, down to the very small details. Netanyahu creates chaos and initiates unremitting attacks on Israel\u2019s gatekeepers and regulators, with the goal of delegitimizing these bodies that will soon determine his fate. The prime minister\u2019s relations with Mandelblit are very tense. On the condition of anonymity, a source within Netanyahu\u2019s inner circle talked about the \u201cbetrayal\u201d of Mandelblit and Alsheikh. He also talked about State Comptroller Joseph Shapira’s \u201ccrossing of red lines\u201d (referring to\u00a0Shapira\u2019s report<\/a>\u00a0on the government\u2019s decision-making process before and during the 2014 Gaza war). Since Netanyahu believes that all of these people turned their backs on him and betrayed him, he is fighting them with all of his strength: He hopes to draw legitimacy from\u00a0his popularity<\/a>, which continues to rise in the Likud and in Israel\u2019s right-wing electorate.<\/p>\n

A significant number\u00a0of Netanyahu\u2019s capricious initiatives will not come to pass; most of them will not even advance to significant stages. Meanwhile, the prime minister achieves his goals: He creates chaos, the perception of disorder and lack of control while masterminding the unfolding events and delivering weekly blows to imaginary enemies, mainly those\u00a0he labels<\/a>\u00a0as left wing. Netanyahu tries to create the impression that shadowy, demonic figures, funded and activated by the left, are trying to bring down a sitting prime minister. \u201cA government can be replaced only at the voting booth,\u201d insisted another associate of Netanyahu, talking on condition of anonymity. In this way they elegantly sidestep the fact that a previous prime minister, Olmert, was deposed due to criminal investigations against him and, ultimately, was even sent to prison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notice the reference to a\u00a0personal betrayal<\/i>, as if this was a great and horrid crime. Evidently, Netanyahu’s camp is run on a basis of personal loyalty, rather than loyalty to the best interests of Israel. And is this distressing the citizens? The next paragraph suggests that perhaps it doesn’t:<\/p>\n

And by the way, Olmert was sentenced to prison for fraud and breach of trust that revolved around 60,000 shekels ($17,000).\u00a0Netanyahu is under suspicion<\/a>\u00a0for fraud, breach of trust and bribery involving much higher sums of money, but he does not let the facts destroy his strategy. In an era of \u201calternative truth\u201d and \u201cfake news,\u201d there is no need for real evidence or proven facts. Each camp believes what its leaders tell them. Whichever side that is more determined and aggressive will win. At least that\u2019s what Netanyahu believes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So tribalism<\/a> is also enveloping Israel, perhaps. A depressing thought, for down that staircase lies fascism and ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing this theme, the idea of Trump as a role model makes me absolutely ill, and so I feel very sorry for the citizens of Israel. Ben Caspit on\u00a0AL Monitor\u00a0has the\u00a0comparison. Keeping in mind that Mandelblit is the Israeli Attorney General, and was put in that position by Netanyahu with \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12424,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423\/revisions\/12424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}