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Home / Middle East / Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president trying to save a disappearing ‘Jewish Wakanda’
Middle East

March 28, 2023

Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president trying to save a disappearing ‘Jewish Wakanda’

“Netanyahu is a political survivor, so he will do everything in his power to keep his position and his coalition intact,” Middle East expert Dan DePetris of Washington think tank Defense Priorities told Yahoo News. “His decision to pause the judicial reform plan is a way of kicking the can down the road.”

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