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Trump has degraded American democracy. Now he's aiming for Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY The piece discusses former U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to intervene in Israeli politics by urging Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his legal charges. 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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Itamar Ben GvirDemocracyBenjamin NetanyahuDonald TrumpAuthoritarianismIsaac HerzogAnne ApplebaumJudicial SystemCorruption Charges

Places mentioned

Israel
"President Donald Trump is trying to persuade Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
New York City, New York, United States
"Sruli Fruchter, a contributing columnist to the Forward, is a rabbinical student at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"as Israel recovers from a devastating two-year war and seeks to regain its international footing while paving a future for Gaza"

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