The world is catching up to the Netanyahu strongman concept, says Simon Tisdall. You've got Erdogan, C.C., Mohammed bin Salman, MBS and Donald Trump who wants to be a strongman, he adds. So Bibi is kind of at the center of this group but he's been there before any of them,. He was a prime minister in 96 - even longer than Putin has been there.
This week's Intelligence Squared podcast features Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz journalist and author of Bibi - The Turbulent Life And Times Of Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with Catherine Philp, diplomatic correspondent on The Times. In this in-depth podcast on the leadership and story of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they discuss the state of modern Israel and the future of the Middle East.
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