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Israel gives in to the politics of debasement

JL;DR SUMMARY This piece by Dan Perry scrutinizes a recent episode in Israeli politics involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial nomination of his personal lawyer, Michael Rabello, for the role of state comptroller. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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NetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsKnessetCoalitionDemocratic NormsState ComptrollerMichael RabelloBallot SecrecyInstitutional Integrity

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"A small episode this week crystallized the broader pathology of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu more clearly than any grand speech or ideological argument ever could: the Knesset vote for state comptroller, one of the most sensitive institutional positions in Israeli public life."
Israel
"The idea of placing the prime ministers own attorney into the countrys central oversight institution struck many Israelis as grotesquely inappropriate."
United States
"This week in a move straight out of United States President Donald Trumps playbook Netanyahu nominated his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Rabello, for the role."

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