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Middle Israel: How Benjamin Netanyahu transformed Israeli politics in 30 years - opinion

· By AMOTZ ASA-EL
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Shimon Peres, the world-renowned statesman who had served in multiple governments for an aggregate 24 years, was dethroned by a political novice nearly three decades his junior, the woefully inexperienced Benjamin Netanyahu, who had not been a minister for one day.

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