by | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
The horrors of the war in Gaza, and the Israeli prime minister’s conduct and rhetoric, are spurring shifts in policies overseas
The multiple standing ovations that Benjamin Netanyahu
this week, on his first trip abroad since the Hamas attack of 7 October, must have rung hollow even to his ears. The problem was not merely the distraction of the US political class by Joe Biden’s abandonment of his re-election bid, and Kamala Harris’s ascension. Almost half of House and Senate Democrats boycotted his address to Congress. Many instead met relatives of hostages, who are furious at Mr Netanyahu for failing to reach a ceasefire agreement. Nancy Pelosi described his speech as by far the worst by any foreign dignitary at the Capitol.
The Israeli prime minister is used to unpopularity: around 70% of Israelis
he has not done enough to win the hostages’ release; a similar number want him to resign. But abroad, he bears much of the responsibility for a decisive shift in attitudes towards his country as well as himself, even in its staunchest ally.
by | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
Former president gives his backing in major boost for the likely Democrat contender as her Republican rival prepares to meet Israeli prime ministerThe meeting between
by | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
Outsiders can’t fathom his success. But Trump’s supporters believe his gaffes and misdemeanours prove he’s ‘one of them’
There is no such thing as a universal leader. Leaders always represent a specific social group: a political party, a religion or a social movement. The more they are loved by insiders, the more such adulation seems bizarre and inexplicable to outsiders – to the extent that we often dismiss adoring followers as deluded or deplorable in some way. Think Margaret Thatcher, or Jeremy Corbyn, or Boris Johnson.
But perhaps the greatest enigma of contemporary politics concerns
– a man who elicits messianic fever and revulsion in equal measure. A liar and serial philanderer championed by evangelists;
supported by “law and order” enthusiasts; a man who boasts of groping women and yet was elected with a
; a billionaire who likes posing in the golden lift of his New York skyscraper while also posing as the champion of the working class. How on earth does any of this make sense? Yet, at the same time, how can Kamala Harris – if, as is near-certain, she is crowned the Democratic nominee – hope to win in November unless she is able to make sense of it?
by | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
The movement that used the Democratic primaries to voice opposition say they need to hear from the vice-presidentThe protest movement that sought to use the
by | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
Let’s Protect Workers act would also increase fines for wage and hour violations, from $1,100 each to $25,000 eachDemocrats introduced a bill Friday proposing increased
