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The obsession with Netanyahu is hiding something far uglier.

JL;DR SUMMARY Cynthia Lazar critiques an article in The New York Times Magazine that she believes unfairly portrays Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the sole culprit behind the prolonged conflict involving Gaza, ignoring the roles and responsibilities of Hamas and other Islamist groups. 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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HamasJudicial ReformHezbollahIranNetanyahuGaza ConflictMedia BiasMiddle East Politics

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Because its far easier to report from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, where theres free speech and open debate, than to dig for the truth inside Gaza, where every word must be Hamas-approved."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Because its far easier to report from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, where theres free speech and open debate, than to dig for the truth inside Gaza, where every word must be Hamas-approved."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in 2018."
Gaza, Southern District, Israel
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presented as the main reason for this prolonged war in Gaza."
Northern District, Israel
"That northern Israel, which shares a border with Hezbollah-infested Lebanon, had been entirely depopulated of 100,000 Israeli civilians for over a year is missing from their analysis."
Canada
"In Canada, La Presse, a French newspaper, printed a cartoon portraying him as Nosferatu, looking like Dracula."

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