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Autocrats are the chameleon of the political world. Since the gullibility level of lots of people is so high, they fall for the propaganda espoused by the wannabe dictators. One has to look no farther than what Fox News did and are still doing promoting the Big Lie! I sincerely hope that people pay close attention to your work!

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I have read in many places that Israel can be a democracy or it can be a Jewish ethnostate. It appears that it has arrived at the crossroads of the decision. Which will they pick? And if the choice is for an ethnostate that will require apartheid to suppress the Palestinians, for how long can that be sustained? As Ruth mentions, do Arab states band together to either go to war with Israel or in support of a new Intifada? And what do the Americans and the Europeans do? What meaningful steps can they take in the face of an annexation of the West Bank? The only American response that might get Bibi's attention would be a total cutoff of economic and military aid (as if Israel needs either anyway), but that is unlikely. As for the Israelis themselves, do the leaders of tech companies move out of the country. Do the streets fill with young Israelis who want no part of the ultra-orthodox? The consequences of Bibi's actions are hard to predict, but it seems clear that it's going to be ugly.

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