18-03-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com

Embattled Netanyahu Makes a Coronavirus Power Grab

JERUSALEM—Using the coronavirus crisis as cover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a power grab unprecedented in Israeli history, and the example may be relevant to other countries as the crisis grows.Japan Shows Coronavirus May Be a Gift—for Would-Be DictatorsHis government effectively shut down the Israeli judiciary in the dead of night last Sunday when Justice Minister Amir Ohana, a Netanyahu confidant, decreed that the court system would operate at a reduced cap
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