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Netanyahu got his own son's name wrong — was this a trivial mistake or a revealing Freudian slip?

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's verbal slip during the Chidon HaTanach competition, where he mistakenly called his son Avner by the name Avraham, has sparked significant debate in Israel. 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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Benjamin NetanyahuHostagesIsraeli Public OpinionIsrael PoliticsIsaacAkeidahNetanyahu's LeadershipChidon HatanachFreudian SlipAvner Netanyahu

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"but my friend in Tel Aviv felt the need to tell me that everyone is upset, so I watched the video clip to see for myself."
United States
"having the leader of the country make any kind of cognitive slip scares people, especially when the country is in a war."
Syria
"This clip at a time when the U.S. is lifting sanctions on Syria and embracing Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa,"

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