Seeking re-election under a cloud of criminal investigations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks to be channeling his inner Donald Trump in an angry campaign against perceived domestic enemies. After an icy eight-year relationship with Barack Obama, Netanyahu has gone out of his way to praise Trump at every turn. On a visit to Washington, Netanyahu even implored critics to stop questioning Trump over the supposed anti-Semitism of some of his supporters. Nahum Barnea, Israeli columnistTrump, who endorsed Netanyahu in a fawning pre-Israeli election clip in 2013 — even before he got into politics — appears to equally admire the Israeli leader. An ultra-Orthodox Jewish party translated "yes we can" into its campaign slogan and Netanyahu designed his Web page after Obama's.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2019 07:52 UTC