BiBi Kings

“Just as Netanyahu provided Trump instruction on the political possibilities of right-wing populism, Trump has provided Netanyahu with instruction on the possibilities of outrageous invective, voter suppression, and disdain for the law. Netanyahu now delights in the use of such phrases as ‘fake news.’ Investigations into his financial adventures are ‘witch hunts.’ To suppress the Arab vote in last week’s election, his supporters mounted more than a thousand cameras at polling places where Arab citizens ordinarily vote, the better to intimidate them. And, of course, both men like a wall.” The New Yorker’s David Remnick on The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance.