Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Fanatically pro-Israeli Czechs started to support Palestinians
I do it. I read Czech discussions where Palestinians are described as Islamist, stupid, terrorist “brown monkeys” who never work. Where Israel is always right. Where people say immigrants should be shot simply for trying to cross the border. Where Putin should be the leader of the Czech Republic. And so on. It is a…
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Netanyahu will probably never end up in The Hague
Freethinkers International readers may have been spot on. When we recently asked whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would eventually appear before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, most respondents predicted that he would not. At the moment, their skepticism looks justified. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November…
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Psychopaths are less prevalent in higher functions
Psychopathy has long fascinated people. The word evokes images of cold manipulators, brilliant criminals, and emotionless masterminds. Yet the clinical picture is very different. In real life, most psychopaths are not masterminds. They are reckless, impulsive, and short-sighted. They destroy more than they build. Contrary to popular myth, psychopaths are less common among high-functioning professionals.…
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Reversed roles: A Smart U.S. president and a dumb Israeli one
History sometimes delivers ironies that shape global politics. The United States, the world’s most powerful country, elected a president described by his own top advisor as “as dumb as shit.” Israel, a far smaller state, is led by a man with an IQ estimated above 140, a survivor of decades in office, and a master…