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Liberals are being manipulated into defending appointments Netanyahu opposes, mistaking opposition for merit. By provoking predictable support, he ensures appointees appear independent, while subtly shaping decisions in his favor
How do we know that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right are really interested in a given appointment? They try to sink it. Liberals then have a Pavlovian response – not without reason. If Netanyahu does not want someone for a job, it must be because that person is professional and not a yes-man. They hasten to defend that individual, even if they themselves have cause to oppose the person in question.
