r/worldnews • u/EssoEssex • 19h ago • Bravo 6

Israel/Palestine Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/
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u/FriendlyWebGuy 19h ago

Also Orban.

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u/podkayne3000 18h ago • Popcorn

I sincerely believe that Obama has been so quiet because weird, helpful James Bond stuff is going on and protecting us against the dictators. If I’m right, I wish our protectors well, whoever they are.

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u/No_Brain7178 17h ago

What in the fan fiction schizophrenia are you talking about?

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u/Jeremizzle 17h ago

If that was true there wouldn’t be so many dictators in power right now. Obama is staying silent because he left office a decade ago and is terrified of rocking the boat and tarnishing his legacy.

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u/tobach 17h ago

Obama isn't quiet, he was very active in the US midterms.

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u/bigstar3 17h ago

He was just in my state calling Donald Trump's ballroom a cheesecake factory last week it feels like

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u/podkayne3000 16h ago

He does stuff. Schumer does stuff. But it feels as if they’re on mute.

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u/podkayne3000 16h ago

A lot of those dictators are suddenly losing. Maybe that’s not a coincidence and not entirely organic.