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Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next

JL;DR SUMMARY This analysis draws parallels between Hungary's political climate under Viktor Orbán and Israel's under Benjamin Netanyahu, highlighting how Orban's potential electoral defeat could signal a shift for Netanyahu. 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 NetanyahuHungaryViktor OrbánElectionsIlliberal DemocracyPopulismPolitical StrategyPeter MagyarMedia Ecosystem

Places mentioned

Hungary
"At first glance, Hungary may seem like a small central European country with limited relevance to Israel."
Budapest, Hungary
"The defeat that polls are predicting for Prime Minister Viktor Orbn, a towering icon of the global populist right, could spell trouble for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well."
Israel
"At first glance, Hungary may seem like a small central European country with limited relevance to Israel."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Dan Perry is the former chief editor of The Associated Press in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, and the author of two books about Israel."

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