Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ dystopian vision for Israel

There is nothing new or surprising about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s habit of changing his version of reality according to his personal and political needs. Opportunism, cynicism and lying in the service of surviving in power come naturally to him. Yet, during a recent speech in which he admitted Israel was facing increasing isolation on the global stage, this fact was delivered not as an objective observation or warning, but strangely enough as something to be embraced.