Pegasus scandal shows how Israel's law enforcement rotted away on Netanyahu's watch - Haaretz
In the bad years when Israel was dragged from one election campaign to another, we heard much about “the lack of governability.” Benjamin Netanyahu is the one who raised increased governability as a banner going into the 2015 elections, did nothing about it afterward of course, then brought the slogan back with a vengeance during the recent two-year stretch during which we hobbled through four inconclusive elections.
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' Pegasus Scandal Shows How Israel's Law Enforcement Rotted Away on Netanyahu's Watch '
Like all shiny new toys that become available to The Powers-That-Be, the temptation to extract the very maximum of use from them often proves to be highly irresistible, especially when there is nothing and no one to prevent them from doing so.
But all good things come to an end and the autopsy now being carried out on the NSO debacle reveals a marked dimming of Israel's star and the less than stellar portrayal of its role on the world stage.
So, there is now a need for another shiny new toy with which to balance the books and create some sense of overall purpose and even pleasure out of what has long been a most unsatisfactory and unedifying state of affairs.
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@Haaretz: As the caption under the picture of Bibi says: Credit: Ohad Zweigenberg. Yes! All credit and kudos to Ohad Z. If the subject were not so important [and it is], I would call for a Caption Contest. And thank you Yossi Verter for your cogent analysis.
source: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-nso-scandal-exposes-the-erosion-of-governance-under-netanyahu-1.10598353
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