Netanyahu is failing, but not exactly the way Trump did
CNN
Anshel Pfeffer writes that while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rhetoric -- as his political tenure comes to a likely end -- is eerily similar to former President Donald Trump's, there are key differences between the two leaders who both foregrounded fear and populism.
"We are witnessing the greatest election fraud in the history of the country, in my opinion in the history of any democracy," he said in a meeting with his Likud faction. Sounds familiar?Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and the United States more broadly.
Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.