Anshel Pfeffer

How Israel’s Prime Minister got burnt by bread

An arcane religious argument could bring down his government

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Anshel Pfeffer

Anshel Pfeffer is the Israel correspondent for the Economist, a correspondent for British and Israeli newspapers and the author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.

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