It is quite stunning to watch the elected leader of a democracy drag his country toward authoritarianism and a civil war — and all for egotistical reasons.
No, I'm not referring to attempted coup leader and election denier Donald Trump, who promised his followers last weekend that, if reelected, "I am your justice. I am your retribution."
Rather, I'm pointing at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, who, in an apparent effort to avoid conviction in his ongoing corruption trials, is trying to destroy the independence of the Israeli courts, and pandering to ultra-radical cabinet ministers who guarantee him the votes to do so.
