Chemi Shalev In TrumpWorld and BibiWorld, Truth Is Tantamount to Treason
Informazioni su questo sito web HAARETZ.COM In TrumpWorld and BibiWorld, truth is tantamount to treason Trevor Noah may not have heard of Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana but he is nonetheless wise to his ways. Commenting this week on the right-wing assault on the integrity and loyalty of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Donald Trump’s Ukraine extortion scandal, Noah observed: “They’ve figured out that the best way to defend Trump is not to defend him, because you can’t defend him. But rather make it seem like everybody can’t be trusted, there is no truth, there is nothing you can verify in this world and nothing can be believed. And so, if that’s the case, why do anything?” This is one of the rationales for Ohana’s unprecedented assault this week on the justice apparatus that operates in his own ministry. He accused state prosecutors and the attorney general...